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Origin and history

The house, built around 1742 as indicated by the date on the entrance gate, is located in the village of Magnac-Bourg, in the heart of a park of about 3 hectares. Originally owned by the Rohan Rochefort family, local lords since the 17th century, it then passed to the Vergnaud in the 18th century, then acquired in 1815 by Athanase Martin de la Bastide, then mayor of Limoges. This family still owns it today. The rectangular building is covered with a flat roof with croup tiles and includes an elevated ground floor, a square floor and a floor of attic.

The interior architecture retains original elements, such as a central wooden staircase with balusters, woodwork, fireplaces and hazes in living rooms and rooms. Outside, a circular tower was added in 1898 in the southeast corner, while the dormant windows of the main façade were modified in the twentieth century. The estate also includes a brick orangery, a barn and stables and a recently restored log farm building. The park, planted with old and new species (chênes, beech trees, ginkgo biloba), offers open views to the local church.

Ranked a Historic Monument in 2024, the house specifically protects the house body, the foreyard and the barn. Its history reflects the evolution of a seigneurial property as a bourgeois residence, while preserving architectural and landscape traces of the 18th and 19th centuries. Recent developments, such as the vegetable garden and new species, demonstrate a desire to reconcile heritage and modernity.

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