Issoire, Auvergne 63500

A former 18th-century monastery and its garden, in the fortified village of Mareugheol, within the Puy-de-Dôme department. The dwelling is concealed behind a carriage entrance gate and a pedestrian door, topped with a niche with a statue of the Virgin Mary, while the former monastery, grouped around an interior courtyard, features a main dwelling with southern-style architecture: red tile roofs, highlighted with genoise cornices, ochre plaster and red louvred shutters. Extended to the north by a second building with two storeys as well as to the southwest with a former chapel, the property also includes many outbuildings, such as cellars, an old fermentation room, a former parlour and a storeroom. As for the back garden, planted with lilacs and cherry trees, it reaches all the way to the cemetery. With approximately 170 m² of inhabitable floor area, the main dwelling features thick walls as well as vaulted ceilings, which keep the house nice and cool during the warm summer months. Last, but not least, the main façade, facing south, has three different entrances, one of which is accessible via a staircase that communicates directly with the first floor.