Searching for a manor house for sale in Var quickly runs into a question of wording: locally the term covers bastides, master's houses and fortified farmhouses rather than the timber-framed manors of northern France, and the market uses it in this broader sense. From the Gulf of Saint-Tropez to the Haut-Var, these large rural residences stand out for their setting on stone terraces, their walls of stone or Maures schist and their shallow canal-tile roofs. Many still have an adjoining vineyard or olive grove, sometimes converted into a pleasure estate. Browse the manor houses for sale listed by the department's private owners, agencies and notaries.
You will find here real price benchmarks for these large Var estates, the areas where they are most sought after, what defines their construction and the checks specific to a property exposed to wildfire and to Mediterranean terrain. Prices vary sharply between the crowded coastal strip and the quieter inland hills, and a buyer used to northern manor markets should expect a different balance between built surface and surrounding land. To approach the purchase of a character property as a whole, read our guide to buying prestige property in France.
DVF land registry data does not identify manor houses as such: the benchmarks below cover sales of houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha, above €1,000/m², tracked by our observatory. They frame the market for large residences without describing it entirely: an estate with 30 ha of parkland or a listed monument sold with its farmland falls outside this scope.
In Var, 329 sales were recorded from 2021 to 2025, with a median price of €2,700,000, a floor/ceiling range (P10–P90) of €1,017,100 to €5,511,100 and a median of €7,742/m² of living space, for an average of 369 m² of living space and 7,957 m² of land. Across the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, the 2025 median stands at €2,520,000 (151 sales), against €822,000 in France in 2025 (981 sales).
| Scope | Sales | Median price | Floor – ceiling (P10–P90) | €/m² living space (median) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Var (2021-2025) | 329 | €2,700,000 | €1,017,100 – €5,511,100 | 7,742 |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (2025) | 151 | €2,520,000 | €1,002,000 – €5,800,000 | 6,914 |
| France (2025) | 981 | €822,000 | €428,000 – €3,100,000 | 2,308 |
The breakdown by stratum (coastal, rural tourist, ordinary rural) and the five-year trend are in our observatory of prestige property prices in France (in French). Before making an offer, work out purchase costs and borrowing capacity with our financial tools and calculators.
Source: DVF (DGFiP), transactions from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025, processed by ma-propriete.fr; prices rounded to the nearest €100.
The Var master's house, which locally fills the role of the manor, is built in limestone in the Haut-Var and in schist within the Maures massif, with thick walls, dressed window surrounds and shallow canal-tile roofs. Properties around the Gulf of Saint-Tropez and the Fayence district are often laid out on terraced stone platforms planted with olive trees and held by dry-stone walls, while those of the Haut-Var favour a more compact plan around a courtyard closed by a wrought-iron gate.
Outbuildings frequently include a dovecote, a vaulted olive or wine press, stables converted into garages, an irrigation basin and sometimes a private chapel on the oldest estates. Many residences kept an agricultural purpose until the twentieth century, leaving raw volumes to finish in some cases and original stone or terracotta tile floors in others. Recent projects favour lime renders and joinery in oak or local chestnut.
The Gulf of Saint-Tropez, around Grimaud, Gassin, Ramatuelle and Cogolin, holds the department's most sought-after estates, often surrounded by vines under a local appellation. The Fayence district, from Callian to Seillans and Tourrettes, and the Provence Verte around Cotignac, Aups and Correns, offer residences in more affordable rolling countryside. Further inland, the Haut-Var and the Verdon gorges offer secluded fortified houses around Comps-sur-Artuby or Aups, while the Argens valley and the Brignoles area remain more urban and more accessible.
The stations at Toulon, Saint-Raphaël, Les Arcs-Draguignan and Hyères are served by TGV from Paris, and Toulon-Hyères airport adds access to the eastern part of the department; the A8 motorway crosses Var from west to east. The most expensive areas remain the Gulf of Saint-Tropez and the Fayence district, while the Haut-Var and the Comps or Aups hinterland allow a residence of comparable size at a more moderate budget.
Var ranks among the departments most exposed to forest fire risk: mandatory vegetation clearing around buildings is required, and its absence can block a sale or an extension. In the hilltop villages of the Haut-Var and the Fayence district, often close to protected monuments, exterior works need the approval of the Architecte des Bâtiments de France, and the local development plan sharply limits new building in protected natural or agricultural zones.
On the technical side, check the private drainage system, widespread outside the towns, the stability of the dry-stone walls holding the terraces, and the risk of ground movement linked to the schist subsoil of the Maures massif. Water supply remains a sensitive issue in summer, and access by a narrow rural track, sometimes held in joint ownership, is worth confirming before any purchase.
Manor house and bastide listings in Var are placed by private owners, agencies specialising in character properties and notaries from the coast and the inland areas; filter them by price, living space, land and outbuildings, and set an e-mail alert to keep track of every fresh arrival. To compare with Bouches-du-Rhône, Alpes-Maritimes or Vaucluse, browse the manor houses for sale in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
