€250,000
Location: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Price: €250,000
Property Type: Industrial Heritage
Bedrooms: 1
Bathrooms: 1
Built area: 600 m2 / 6,458 sq ft
Plot size: 8,780 m2 / 2.2 acres
Just 25 minutes from Limoges, this remarkable 13th-century former flour mill complex in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat spans over 600 m² beside the Vienne River. With original machinery, timber beams, and granite walls, it sits on nearly 8,800 m² of land with gardens, workshops, and woodland—a rare piece of industrial heritage waiting for its next chapter.
From the seller :
Seen from the air, the four mills built in a row have a remarkable layout, which ingeniously hugs the rugged relief of the banks of the Vienne. Their presence on an island, which divides the course of the river into two arms within a natural loop, has been attested to since at least 1224. At the front, an imposing rock like a ship's bow seems to be holding the island up. It also serves as a fulcrum for the dyke that crosses the river and allows the water to be diverted into a regulation canal. Each of the small mills, built with "limousinerie" masonry and one or two storeys high, has its own unique architecture, with timber-framed walls filled with cob. The earthy tones of the rendering from the local soil, combined with the canal tile roofs laid without lime, ensure perfect harmony with the surrounding landscape. On one bank, a larger former flour mill, built more recently and set back from the main road, consists of two three-storey buildings. Most of its original mechanisms have been preserved. This industrial heritage is complemented by a number of garden plots and coppice groves scattered around the island, as well as two parking areas.