Along the Dronne river, an exceptional mill with unique features

There are places that can’t really be described; they’re felt. In Villetoureix, nestled beside the tranquil waters of the Dronne, this mill, once a sawmill, bears witness to a past where human activity embraced the river’s rhythm.

It doesn’t try to impress; it simply invites.

From this past life, it retains a sense of inevitability: that of being in its rightful place, between water and path, between movement and stillness.

Even today, its perpetual water rights whisper a rare, almost precious continuity, like an invisible thread connecting yesterday and tomorrow.

Inside, the spaces are gently arranged.

The living room, warmed by the stove, becomes an instinctive refuge. And then there’s this unexpected detail–an opening in the floor, like a window onto the current–a constant reminder that the house lives with the river, not alongside it.

The kitchen invites simple moments, meals that stretch out without a thought for the time. A final space on the ground floor lends itself to whatever the moment demands: entertaining, working, dreaming.

Upstairs, the bedrooms offer discreet retreats, bathed in peaceful light.

A suite, a flexible space that could be an office or a dressing room, a separate bathroom–here, everything seems to evolve at the pace of those who live there.

Even the accessible attic holds untapped possibilities.

But it’s outside that the place truly comes into its own.

The covered terrace suspends the everyday, creating a haven overlooking the water.

A few steps lead to the restored waterwheel, alive and proud to turn once more. Further on, the cellars, the millstone–so many traces of a past that yearns to engage with the present.

The vast and open grounds allow themselves to be explored without ever being tamed. More than 5,000 square meters bordered by the river, teeming with wildlife, and shaped by the changing seasons. Here, you observe as much as you live.

And the road? It’s there, like a discreet reminder of the place’s history. It doesn’t intrude; it tells a story.

It says that this mill has always been alive, traversed, useful–and that it continues, today, to host other stories.

This property is not simply a possession; it’s an experience, a fragile and beautiful balance between raw nature and chosen comfort.

A place for those who seek less to possess than to feel.

House: ENERGY RATING: D / CLIMATE RATING: D.

Estimated average annual energy costs for standard use, based on energy prices for 2021, 2022, and 2023: between EUR2,940 and EUR3,990.

Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Géorisques website for the areas concerned: www.georisques.gouv.fr

Céline Cordeiro EI RSAC 528 159 189 Périgueux

Tel: 33 7 50 68 53 25

Email: celine.cordeiro@espaces-atypiques.com