Sleeps: 12 (see note below) 

Bedrooms and Bathrooms

Note : That although there are beds to accommodate 16 numbers are strictly limited to a maximum of 12 to allow the house and facilities to be used in greatest comfort.

The Main House:

2 double bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms

1 double bedroom with shared bathroom

1 twin bedroom with shared bathroom

Outside garden Bedroom with Double bed

The Annex/Cottage: 

2 double bedrooms

1 twin bedroom

2 bathrooms

Rent per week

£3,700 to £5,900 per week depending on the season. Saturday to Saturday

Detailed break down of  price per week

Key features

Swimming pool

Superb interior design throughout

Total peace and privacy

Fantastic T-shaped swimming pool

Separate Cottage allowing semi  independence

Superb garden

75 acres of meadowland and woods

Main House

Kitchen / Dining room: Running the full width of the building, the kitchen forms one half and the dining room the other half. The interiors are spacious, light with attractive stone floor and beamed ceilings. A handsome island with polished stone / marble surface forms a centrepiece of the kitchen with storage under. Generous windows look west. Units on two sides incorporate a gas cooker, gas oven, Belfast sink and dishwasher. There is a fridge, freezer and ice maker. Toast, coffee making facilities (magimix) and kettle. A French grandfather clock keeps excellent time! Well and generously equipped throughout. A door off leads into a small walk in larder well equipped with spices and herbs etc. There is a microwave. A door off the larder leads into a downstairs WC with splendid Victorian WC and highly polished wooden seat.

The Dining Area: The dining area contains a fine table with comfortable seating for 8. (More by separate arrangement). Large French doors lead invitingly onto a generously sized terrace running the eastern side of the house and overlooking the meadows.

Seating areas: The second half of the ground floor is filled by two separate seating areas divided by a central chimney breast on each side of which is a fire place. On the east side two sofas and two armchairs surround a large glass coffee table in front of an attractive ornamental stone fire surround with open log fire. Double French doors open onto the eastern terrace. On the west side, the second sitting area has a sofa and armchairs form a second seating areas around an attractive wooden fire surround containing a wood burner. There is a flat screen tv with sky TV (and also French TV). There is an alcove with bookshelves forming an office / desk space with connection for computer and an HP photo smart 6520 printer. Windows face North and West.

The Cottage (in fact the original farmhouse) is some 12m from the main house across the garden, with lovely wide stone steps that leading up to the front door. A terrace runs the whole length of the cottage.

Sitting / dining area/ living / kitchen area downstairs: The front door into the cottage opens into a wonderful generous open plan sitting area with an arm chair and two comfortable sofas centred around a wood burning stove. This is a charming space, immaculately styled.

Next to the seating area is a dining area with a table seating 6. There is a library wall on one end of the house with a lovely collection of books as well as board games.

Under an archway from this main room is a small kitchen area with an oven, 4 hot plates, kettle, toaster, fridge and all the necessary cutlery, glasses and crockery for the space. The sink is stone.

Sitting area upstairs: Upstairs in the cottage is a another sitting area with comfortable sofa, armchairs and a beanbag centred around a large television. There is a good selection of DVD’s. There is a table football in this room too.

Outside bedroom: 

In its own little building accessed from the garden is a bedroom with a standard double bed. This is a charming small bedroom, with stable doors that open onto the lawn. Note that this bedroom will use a bathroom either in the annexe of the main house.

A lovely feature of this room is a “secret” upstairs play area for children, accessed by dropping a ladder from the ceiling, there are soft toys, books and cushions scattered on the floor, creating a fantastic den.

 The gardens and grounds are a delightful feature of Le Mas de Berganty. Surrounding the buildings intimately on all sides, they are a mix of formal and semi formal giving way to the meadow and woodlands that all form part of the property (some 75 acres).

Three sets of French doors on the east side of the main house lead down three steps onto a magnificent half oval terrace framed by a low stone wall with an array of colourful potted plants. A wooden dining table comfortably seats 8 with a separate seating area around a smaller circular table.

At the southern end of the house is a small formal garden with a formal topiary bounded by a box hedge. Tall pollarded beaches line one side and a trained fruit hedge divides it from the swimming pool area.

A well protected lawn area lies between the main house and the cottage. All of these areas provide ample choice for seating, reading  and relaxing at all hours of the day in shade or sun and in peace or in company.

There is a croquet set, La Boule, Badminton, Table Tennis, Table Football and a Pinball machine.

On the lower level of the garden is a charming vegetable garden with framed borders growing a healthy mix of vegetables.

A delightful stone veranda shaded by wisteria runs the full length of the front of the cottage with seating areas and views over the gardens.

The patio and pool area are surrounded by lawns that slope down to the valley meadow.

Several meters to the south eastern corner of the house is the swimming pool (not heated) measuring 12 m x 5 m. It is 1.15m at the shallow end and 2.2m at the deep end.

Wide steps lead into the pool on two corners.

A paved area surrounds the pool framed by three fine lavender filled roman pots and lavender borders. There are 4 rattan sun beds, 2 lounging chairs and assorted poolside furniture with cushions.

Brive-Souhillac Airport (1 hour 11 mins / 60 miles)

Redez-Marcillac Airport ( 1 hour 20 mins / 57 miles)

Toulouse Blagnac Airport ( 1 hour 26 mins / 74 miles)

Bergerac (Dordogne Périgord) Airport ( 2 hours 5 mins / 78 miles)

Agen ( 1 hour 50 mins / 64 miles)

Cahors ( 30 mins / 12 miles)

Brive-La-Gaillarde ( 1 hour 20 mins / 66 miles)