Verdun-sur-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées 82600

A 16th-century village house featuring covered walkways, an inner courtyard and a swimming pool, just 40 minutes from Toulouse. Ideally situated between Toulouse and Montauban, the property lies at the heart of the medieval historic centre. Bordering a quiet square and facing east, its main facade overlooks a semi-circular arch that once housed the front of an old shop. Today, it frames a blue-painted wooden entrance door. Worn by five centuries of comings and goings, a stone marks the threshold of the property. Built in an L-shape and oriented east-west, the house stands three storeys high above two cellars and is protected by canal-style tiled roofs with two or three pitches, from which four chimney stacks rise. It features half-timbered and fired brick facades typical of the local or bourgeois architecture of Quercy and, beyond that, of much of south-western France. The result of the merger of three former buildings, the house, which covers an area of over 390 m², is divided into sections, with the two storeys connected by a unique walkway. These levels comprise six bedrooms, three bathrooms and two shower rooms, whilst the ground floor houses the living and reception areas. A landscaped inner courtyard featuring a swimming pool offers its occupants a sheltered outdoor space, protected from city noise and prying eyes.