Near St Cirq Lapopie, Lot
€380,000

In a superb location close to the famous cliff-hanging medieval village of St Cirq Lapopie on the edge of woodland overlooking the valley of the River Lot and its limestone cliffs.

This house is extremely spacious with lovely high ceilings and oak beams and traditional terracotta tiled floors at ground level and oak floorboards to the upper level. It offers all the benefits of recent construction with excellent well-lit and voluminous spaces, good insulation, double glazing and full central heating, but uses carefully selected traditional materials with stone and brick facings and aged oak beams and staircase consistent with the architecture of the region.

It offers a spacious entrance hall with cloakroom, a good fitted kitchen and dining and living areas, together with a master bedroom with adjacent dressing room and fully fitted bath and Italian shower room on the ground floor, as well as a 'snug' and second breakfast room (which could easily be converted to an extra bedroom) and a laundry/utility room.

There are 2 further double bedrooms on the first floor which share a bathroom as well as a large mezzanine which has a lovely view over the valley.

All ground floor rooms have direct access to the terrace and its 10 x 5 m swimming pool with full south-facing aspect; there is a super covered terrace accessed from both the dining room and kitchen which is ideal for plein-air dining. There is an easily maintained landscaped garden beyond the terrace.

Attached to the house is a tradtional styled hangar with massive oak beams, which offers covered parking for 2 cars.



ABOUT THE AREA

The property is located in the heart of the Regional Park with local facilities on your doorstep and the 3 market villages of St Gery, Cajarc and Limogne all within 20 minutes drive. The medieval towns of Cahors, Figeac and Villefranche de Rouergue are all within 40 minutes.

The areas is rich in places of interest with wonderful walking trails in the immediate vicinity and the landscape changing from the limestone cliff-lined river valley to the hilltops covered in shrub oak trees, from which the region of the Quercy gains its name.

The area has good communications with trains to Toulouse and Paris from Cahors as well as the A20 motorway within half an hour. The airports of Brive, Rodez and Toulouse are all within one and a half hours.


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