Manor houses in Toulouse and its surroundings are recognisable by their rectangular façade with aligned windows, their large reception rooms on the ground floor and their bedrooms opening one into the next upstairs. Behind the building, grounds and outbuildings almost always complete the picture.
Built between the 18th and 19th centuries by a moneyed middle class that held no noble title, they borrow the château's architectural bearing and its volumes. Unlike the architect houses in Toulouse, which claim a signature and a contemporary statement, what you buy here is a plan that has not changed in two centuries. That continuity explains how rarely they come up, all the more so as they change hands seldom and tend to stay within the same family, generation after generation.
Our selection of manor houses in Toulouse and its surroundings
18th-century manor house in Lavalette, in the Lauragais
502 sqm . 7 bedrooms . 13 rooms . 2.7-hectare park . pool . €1,470,000
Thirty minutes from central Toulouse, this 18th-century manor house overlooks the Lauragais countryside with open views to the Pyrenees. The main building keeps its period features, fireplaces and terracotta tiles, and gives onto a large 110-square-metre reception room. A bedroom sits on the main level, six more lie upstairs and an outbuilding completes the grounds.
1880 manor house in Rouffiac-Tolosan
425 sqm . 4 bedrooms . 10 rooms . mature park of about 1 hectare . €1,680,000
Six hundred metres from the village square of Rouffiac-Tolosan, this 1880 manor house sits in a mature park of about one hectare, with the refined charm of a period home. The main level unfolds from a wide entrance leading to the living room, dining room, kitchen and a study. A fine staircase rises to four bedrooms, including a suite with its own bathroom. The top level offers a flat of around 150 square metres still to convert.
19th-century manor house on the banks of the Canal du Midi
376 sqm . 4 bedrooms . 10 rooms . 2.6-hectare park . Canal du Midi frontage . €845,000
Near Castelnaudary and forty-five minutes from Toulouse, this 19th-century manor house sits in a quiet, wooded setting beside the Canal du Midi. A large lounge opens onto the park, with a second lounge and two dining rooms. The main level can serve as a self-contained flat or a single-level bedroom, while four more lie upstairs. The attic remains to be converted.
Frequently asked questions about manor houses in Toulouse
Why invest in a manor house in Toulouse?
Because you are not only buying living space. Such a manor house comes with what cannot be recreated on the edge of the Pink City, grounds of several hectares, outbuildings, sometimes a gatekeeper's cottage. Among the properties shown here, the parkland runs from one to 2.7 hectares. That land carries as much of the value as the building, and it simply does not exist in the centre. Add to this a narrow way in, since they tend to pass down rather than come to market.
Should you expect works in a period residence?
Usually yes, and the budget goes two ways. Thermal comfort first, because large volumes and old walls call for serious work on insulation and heating. Then the unconverted volume, which is exactly what makes these residences interesting. Every property shown here has some, from the convertible attic at Lavalette to the whole flat at Rouffiac-Tolosan and the loft beside the Canal du Midi. Unfinished volume costs less than finished volume.
What budget for a manor house around Toulouse?
The properties shown here range from €845,000 to €1,680,000. The gap owes little to living space, fairly close from one residence to the next, and a great deal to how far they sit from the city. Rouffiac-Tolosan, on the doorstep of Toulouse, sits in a one-hectare park. Beside the Canal du Midi, forty-five minutes out, the grounds reach 2.6 hectares for almost half the price. The further out you go, the larger the land and the cheaper the square metre.
Our selection brings together the rarest manor houses currently available, from the Lauragais to the banks of the Canal du Midi, and is regularly enriched with new properties, including exclusives and off-market opportunities. Are you looking for a house for sale in Toulouse or nearby, and more specifically a manor house with its own grounds? Contact our real estate agency in Toulouse for a tailored search and access to our confidential properties.
