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This beautiful French dream home was for 150 years a convent occupied by the Daughters of Wisdom, doing charitable deeds and teaching local children.
Tucked away on a peaceful access-only street in one of the most atmospheric corners of the Picturesque Riverside Town of L’Isle-Jourdain, this beautifully restored stone residence offers something increasingly rare: authentic French history, timeless elegance, and modern comfort in perfect harmony.
Part of a remarkable historic setting once home to Les Filles de la Sagesse (The Daughters of Wisdom), this is a property with genuine soul — a place where old stone walls, church spires, and quiet pathways evoke the France so many dream of finding.
Behind its charming façade, the house unfolds with warmth and grace. The principal living level is filled with natural light and designed for easy, elegant living, featuring a welcoming sitting room, a formal dining room for long French dinners with friends, and a thoughtfully designed kitchen with generous workspace and breakfast seating, opening naturally onto the terrace and gardens beyond.
Three spacious bedrooms offer peaceful accommodation, including a particularly elegant principal suite framing garden views. Two bathrooms serve this level, including a beautifully renovated boutique-style bathroom with freestanding bathtub and walk-in shower.
The lower level adds tremendous flexibility — ideal for guests, extended family, creative projects, or even future guest accommodation. A second kitchen, utility room, and a remarkable character-filled space with exposed stone walls and beams offer exciting possibilities, with plumbing already in place for an additional bathroom.
The recent renovation has been carried out with exceptional care, preserving the home’s historic charm while ensuring modern-day comfort and efficiency. Improvements include new windows and doors, updated electrical and plumbing systems, comprehensive insulation, replastered walls and ceilings, and an excellent C energy rating / B emissions rating — a reassuring rarity in historic French homes.
Outside, the property enjoys approximately 1,415m² of private enclosed grounds, with mature trees, a peaceful terrace for outdoor dining, and beautiful views toward the River Vienne and its iconic viaduct — an unforgettable backdrop to daily life.
Despite its sense of tranquillity and seclusion, the house is just a short walk from the heart of town, with its bakery, restaurants, shops, and everyday conveniences close at hand.
For international buyers, accessibility is refreshingly straightforward: Poitiers is approximately 40 minutes away, with high-speed TGV connections placing Paris within easy reach.
With fibre internet, lock-and-leave practicality, and genuine rental or guest accommodation potential, this is not simply a house — it is a rare opportunity to own a deeply evocative piece of authentic France.
DPE: C
€205,000 plus notaire fees of €17,200 (those include all of the property registration fees/taxes).
Agency: Selection Habitat,
Andy Portsmouth: aportsmouth@me.com
Listing:
https://www.selectionhabitat.com/fiches/4-40-26_60625680/maison-l-isle-jourdain-6-piece-s-148-m2.html?search_id=1866013971684374&offset=1&cPath=4_40_26&products_id=60625680&language=en
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11 Comments
Someone is going to love this. Greetings from California.
The kitchen floor tiles are magnificent.
I have passed your posting along to several groups who are looking a situations to create a co-housing. This is a lovely property
The surroundings are like a fairy tail❤
So peacefull😂🎉🎉🎉
What a stunningly beautiful house, tastefully furnished, and in a glorious setting! Wow!!
It's a lovely and peaceful home. I like the garden too. ❤
I love it! We should talk!
Is the upstairs kitchen only accessible by going outside?
Another admirer from Cali. What town is this? So lovely!!❤
Excellent presentation, Andy – good slow camera work plus drone views. A fab find at a fair price! For viewers not familiar with French décor – don't be put off. A Sitting Room with horns, mass crucifixes, and wall-hung carpets, and blank white paint everywhere . . . is actually a canvas waiting to be decorated. But just look at all the original doors with their panelling – to say nothing of that basement 'cave' still untouched. A treasure.
Good morning,Andy !
I stove in the kitchen, the sinks!
Where is this home?
Does it have any garage space?
The stairs! But once I got ipo… kitchen is on the same level, big bedrooms!
The floors… A, has it been sold????
Oh the whole oh it’s beautiful 205.0 it’s beautiful the step up step down I could get them reworked high ceilings so spacious such bones. Oh my God Andy are they selling it with or without the furniture?
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