France

In 1993 Andrew and Lucy bought a house in Marnaves, a tiny village outside Cordes-sur-Ciel in the Tarn. Toulouse is about 80km in a south-westerly direction, mostly by motorway; Albi and Gaillac each about 30km, east and south-east; there is a train station only 3km away. My sister Julia has a house in Labarthe-Bleys, the next village.

The house is very old and originally a simple farmhouse. Its startling feature is an enormous barn, more than half the size of the building (15 x 6 x 6.5 metres high). The domestic section is to some extent complete, after a major rebuilding. One of the two bathrooms functions; there is a lovely kitchen with a wood stove and two comfortable bedrooms. The ground floor bedroom, second bathroom and stairs remain to be completed. This year we hope to achieve the interior decoration of the barn, which will allow us to start using it for musical events and courses. Part of the plan is to install an 1835 organ by Robson, bought from a redundant church in Newport, South Wales.

Alongside our love of France goes a keen amateur interest in the language.

Each year we try to spend as much time in France as possible and in a few years may be able to increase the present amount, which is, over the year, about ten weeks.

We are interested to consider renting the house out at reasonable rates.

Please contact us for details and possibilities:

(This email address is a graphic. Apologies that this means it can't be clicked on or pasted across, but it vastly reduces unwanted callers!)

address in France:

Le Village
Marnaves
81170 Cordes-sur-Ciel
France

please email me for the phone number.

Check out our Summer School,
Marnaves Summer Baroque 2008,
17.-22. August
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