Puymirol, Aquitaine 47270

In the south of Quercy, situated in a medieval bastide, an ancient 650 m2 residence, its bar, its theater, its cinema and its garden, to renovate. In the heart of the central square, the imposing arcaded house is part of the characteristic architecture of the bastides of the South-West. Its orderly elevation, enhanced by an ochre plaster and red brick dressings, gives the facade a rhythm and a singular finesse. The ground floor, pierced by dressed stone arches, testifies to the building's original mercantile vocation, typical of bastide houses where shops and homes overlapped. Upstairs, tall arched windows, framed by bricks and topped with carved motifs, bestow an almost Florentine appearance on the whole. Wooden shutters in deep tones add a touch of refinement and testify to the care given to architectural details both outside and inside. Covered by a four-sided canal tile roof, the building blends into the patrimonial whole of the square. Behind its southern-leaning façade, its interior spaces preserve generous volumes and antique elements. Raised over three levels, the main building includes seven bedrooms, two living rooms, an old theater, a library, a bar and, on the second floor, a terrace. Sharing with the main dwelling a garden to reinvent, an annex house will provide, after rehabilitation, new spaces to inhabit the property.