About the property and the surrounding area ...

It’s a typical Périgord farm where the house, the barn and two animal sheds form a square courtyard accessed through a gate. All buildings are stone; in fact, even the roof on the barn and one of the animal sheds are covered with “lauze”: small, flat stones, typical of that area. The slide show includes some close-ups of a lauze roof.

Two walls of the house itself are partly covered with crumbling stucco. In the early 20th c., stucco was considered more genteel than plain stone, deemed too rustic-looking. But underneath is the same lovely honey-coloured stone, typical of the area, that was left exposed on the other buildings. The stucco will be scraped off as part of the restoration work.

Overall the property is about 3 acres, partly wooded, on the North slope (hence S. exposure) of a small valley that is all meadows, woods and small farms on either side of a brook. The nearest town, about 4 Km away, is Montignac.

Montignac is an ordinary, pleasant country town on the banks of the Vézère river. It has a population of about 3000, and a farmers’ market twice-a-week, year-round. Montignac is best known for the Lascaux (prehistoric painting) caves, located just outside the town.

The nearest major city is Bordeaux, a two-hour drive due West on the A89 freeway.

And, only 20 minutes down the road, is fabled Sarlat ...