130 Stunning Manoir & Charming Cottage | Sleeps 20

Accommodation

This stunning Manoir and renovated luxury barn cottage are set amongst the beautiful landscape of the Lot-et-Garonne region, with stunning views of the surrounding plum and kiwi orchards, fields and wild woods. The Manoir and Cottage provide ideal accommodation for larger family groups, but both properties can also be let separately, so please do enquire for availability.

The owners have lovingly restored their Manoir, including a 400-year-old pigeonnier, with sensitivity and style, retaining so many traditional features such as exposed stonework and ancient wood beamed ceilings with contemporary décor and design. Every comfort has been considered from 100% Egyptian cotton linen in each of the five en-suite bedrooms to a Smart TV and incredibly well-equipped kitchen plus plenty to entertain the family such as the brilliant computer games area with its own screen and console.

The spacious living room provides a bright and comfortable space, with three x 3 seater sofas, a flat screen smart TV with UK channels and a DVD player. The large kitchen focusses round a central granite island, it is equipped with 2 electric fan ovens, 5 ring gas hob, plus a large American style fridge freezer with ice maker, an extra fridge, dishwasher, microwave, Nespresso coffee machine plus all the equipment and utensils you could possible need to cater for your large group. Through the kitchen archway you move into the Dining Room with a large oak dining table and chairs seating up to 14. Once you've finished dinner you can step out of the patio doors onto the covered terrace.

Bedrooms
The Manoir sleeps up to 14 in 5 suites:

• Premier Suite - located in the Pigeonnier tower, the premier suite has a super king sized bed with drapes, high ceiling and chandelier, plus a roll-top bath. Ensuite shower room with walk-in shower, hand basin and WC. Views are onto the pool and garden.
• Family Suite - A queen sized bed with ensuite shower room including walk-in shower, hand basin and WC. Door into the Children's room with double bed plus bunk beds with double on the bottom and single on th top, plus a single bed with pull out bed underneath. Views are onto the pool and garden.
• North West Suite - An emperor sized bed with ensuite accessed under a ceiling beam to a walk-in shower, basin and WC. Located on the north-west corner, this room catches the evening breeze throughout the summer.
• North East Suite - a double antique style bed with ensuite bathroom including a corner bath, walk-in shower room hand basin and WC. Located on the north-east corner this room gets the early morning sunshine.
• Ground Floor Suite - a king sized bed and glazed door to the outside, a step up takes you into the ensuite shower room with walk-in shower, basin and WC

Alongside the Manoir, just across the drive, is the Cottage, formerly a barn which has been converted into a charming three bedroom cottage with its own enclosed gardens and private pool. The cottage has a spacious living room with two x 2 seater sofas and a reclining armchair plus a flat screen TV, dvd player and wood burning stove. Patio doors lead out to the decked area and private garden. The cottage has a large kitchen and dining room, equipped with a gas oven and hob, dishwasher and microwave and 2 x fridges with a freezer section. The dining room has a dining table seating six and looks out onto the patio.

Bedrooms

• Kiwi Bedroom - 2 single twin beds
• Plum Bedroom - zip and link beds which can be arranged as 2 standard single beds or 1 super king bed
• Tangerine Bedroom - a king size

The cottage has a family bathroom which includes a walk in shower, hand basic and WC, along with an additional separate WC.

Outdoor Living

Outside you can admire the amazing vistas from the swimming pool, laze in the jacuzzi or simply enjoy a glass of local wine from the south-west facing covered terrace as you look out over the green fields and orchards around you. The terrace is set with a large dinning table and chairs for 14 and benefits from muslin curtains hung along the west elevation to provide additional late afternoon/ evening shade. The terrace has a large Weber gas BBQ. The gardens are vast and include a 400 year old Cedar tree dating back to when the Manoir was first built as well. You'll also find a ruined watermill by the stream that leads to the River Lot.

Next to the covered terrace is a 10m x 5m swimming pool with pool alarm for safety. The pool is heated continuously from May through to September. Large sun loungers surround the pool along with a shaded spherical "pod".

The cottage also benefits from it's own private pool, with a small terrace and garden decked gazebo for afternoon shade.

The owners also live on site with their friendly dog and tend to their surrounding beautiful grounds. They can cook you amazing meals if you wish, sampling some the most local and delicious produce around.


That said, with such glorious views (you may even spot deer or falcons from your terrace), you don’t have to travel far from the house to be amazed by this captivating area.

Local Area

You can wander through the plum and kiwi orchards to the local village where you will find a couple of bakeries for your morning pastries, a little supermarket and a café serving lunch daily in July and August plus a glorious beach on the banks of the River Lot where you can swim and hire boats in the summer months. Explore further afield to idyllic hilltop villages which come alive in the summer evenings with night markets serving amazing food and drinks. This area is well known not only for the delicious fruit but also some of France’s most famous vineyards where you can sample the fine wines of the region.

Hire bikes in the local village, play golf or go horse-riding through the magnificent countryside or simply explore some of France’s Plus Beaux Villages such as Pujols and Monflanquin or cross the border to Dordogne to discover some gems such as Monpazier, Issigeac and beautiful Bergerac, all within an hour.

Getting Here

The Manoir is ideally positioned between 3 International Airports making it an easy final destination. The Dordogne river-side town of Bergerac with its International Airport is just under an hour away. Ryanair flies here from London Stansted, Liverpool, Nottingham, and Bristol. British Airways also has flights from London City and Southampton. Jet2 flies to Leeds Bradford Airport and Transvania flies to Rotterdam. The vibrant city of Bordeaux is 1hr 30 minutes away, with a larger International Airport servicing over 95 UK and Worldwide destinations. In addition, Toulouse Airport is approximately 1hr 45 mins drive to the south - again a large International Airport.