Once you step through the covered carriage entrance, you are struck by the French formal garden and the edifice’s facade, whose austerity is softened by the pale tone of tuffeau stone and the even arrangement of tall windows. The steep slate roofs with dormers go well with the neighbouring bell tower and underline the religious origin of the property. From the main section, the remains of a cloister extends with fine leaded windows set in magnificent Gothic arches. At the back, evenly designed gardens with box hedges draw your gaze outwards. And a little further on there are two separate outbuildings: a garage and a woodstore. Another entrance is used for cars.

The house

The ground floor
You step through a wooden double door into a dual-aspect entrance hall. On one side, this hallway leads to the garden. On the other side, it leads to the remains of the cloister. Its floor of stone slabs creates a natural continuation with the lounge and dining room. The two reception rooms, which connect to each other, are bathed in an abundance of natural light. You reach the lounge via a double door like the one into the dining room. An imposing stone fireplace dominates in this lounge. The bare stone walls are showcased with a ceiling height that reaches almost four metres. From the lounge, two doors lead to a kitchen. A former monumental fireplace houses a range cooker. And a central island unit gives the kitchen a modern touch among the exposed stonework and old terracotta tiles. A mezzanine looks down at this kitchen. The kitchen connects to a scullery, to a lavatory and to a secondary entrance hall where a wooden staircase leads upstairs. You can also reach the remains of the cloister. With its openings now closed up with stained-glass windows, it offers a 46m² space. The dining room offers a space that is almost the same as that of the lounge. Here, exposed stonework forms most of the decor. A door takes you to a stone U-shape staircase in a separate stairwell that leads straight out into the garden. Underfloor heating warms up the entrance hall and reception rooms. All the windows are double-glazed.

The first floor
Two staircases – one made of stone and the other made of wood – lead up to the first floor. A corridor connects to three bedrooms with fireplaces. Two of these bedrooms have a bathroom and a private lavatory. One of them even has its own walk-in wardrobe. A separate lavatory also lies on this floor. From the wood strip floors, the ceilings reach around 3.2 metres in height. In a wing that protrudes at a right angle, and which you reach via a wooden staircase, a second section includes two extra bedrooms with wood strip flooring. They share a bathroom and lavatory. This space forms a more separate section in the home, linked to the secondary entrance hall and to the kitchen mezzanine.

The second floor
You reach the second floor via a stone staircase. It houses a vast 90m² workshop beneath a remarkable exposed roof frame. This roof is fully insulated. The ceiling height reaches almost four metres. Dormers bring natural light inside onto the terracotta-tiled floor. A second, cosier space extends this workshop beside a loft.

The basement
You can reach the cellar from outside.