Brittany, Morbihan, Vannes, France

Outdoor pool on an ipe wood deck, a garden of lawns and trees and a south-facing frontage, reached through a gate off a small country road.

Family house with pool in the Gulf of Morbihan, in Vannes. Past a gate on a small country road, an ascending drive leads up to the villa, which faces south and overlooks its garden.

The two-storey main house has a four-sided slate roof and a shorter corner wing to the north-east. Wide dormers with curved cheeks, and French doors on the south side opening onto a continuous balcony. The villa offers 10 rooms, 7 of them bedrooms. Two later extensions, one to the south and one to the east, have flat roofs that allow for green roofing or solar panels.

The pool sits in the garden, surrounded by an ipé timber deck. A bush-hammered concrete terrace runs along the south façade. The garden has lawns, trees and varied flower beds. Parking for several vehicles is on the approach, facing the south façade.

The villa lies in the Gulf of Morbihan, in Vannes.

• 7 bedrooms
• Pool in the garden
• Ipé timber deck around the pool
• Bush-hammered concrete terrace along the south façade
• Continuous balcony on the south side
• Two storeys, four-sided slate roof
• Wide dormers with curved cheeks
• Flat roofs on the south and east extensions
• White rendered façades, openings framed in beige granite
• Parking for several vehicles