3-Bed Period Village House with Garden and Annexe, Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, France, €395,000
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Cliff-Edge Village House, Lot
About this property
Perched on a 100-metre cliff edge below the church in Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, one of France's most celebrated villages, this is a property with a genuinely rare address. The gorge and river views are there because the geology puts them there, not because a brochure decided they should be.
The house dates to the 9th century and wears its age honestly: exposed beams, terracotta floors, a log-burning stove, a window seat, and an ancient stone sink in the sitting room. The kitchen sits at the heart of the home in the rustic fitted style the French do well. A top-floor bedroom reached by a ship's staircase has full-height beamed ceilings and its own shower and wash basin. The ground-floor principal bedroom opens through French doors onto the terrace, with a stylish bathroom alongside. A new roof has recently been installed, which is a meaningful line item ticked off the maintenance list.
A separate guest annexe with its own bedroom and bathroom gives visiting friends or family a dignified degree of independence. Outside, a vine-covered pergola shelters a summer kitchen and dining area, while the mature gardens wrap around the property and cliff edge, with wisteria, multiple seating areas, and the kind of layered planting that takes years to establish. Reversible air-conditioning handles heating and cooling throughout.
An energy certificate is not listed, something to factor into your planning conversations before proceeding. Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is not a quiet discovery: it draws visitors in numbers, which is worth weighing both as a lifestyle consideration and as context for the address's enduring appeal.
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