The term manor house for sale in Corsica is rarely used locally: island vocabulary prefers maison de maître, bastide or domaine, but the market groups large old stone residences, often tied to a farming or wine estate, under this heading. In both Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse, these houses show a restrained Mediterranean architecture, thick walls of granite or schist and roofs of stone slab or canal tile. Browse the manor houses for sale listed by the island's private owners, agencies and notaries.
This page gathers real price benchmarks for large Corsican residences, the areas where supply is strongest across the island's two departments, what sets the island's building style apart and the checks specific to a character property in a Mediterranean setting. To approach the purchase of a prestige 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 Corsica, 33 sales were recorded in 2021-2025, with a median price of €3,752,800*, a floor/ceiling range (P10–P90) of €830,000 to €5,000,000 and a median of €8,183/m² of living space (average 389 m² of living space on 5,762 m² of land). Nationally, the 2025 median stands at €822,000 across 981 sales, with a ceiling (P90) of €3,100,000.
| Scope | Sales | Median price | Floor – ceiling (P10–P90) | €/m² living space (median) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corsica (2021-2025) | 33 | €3,752,800* | €830,000 – €5,000,000 | 8,183 |
| 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. * Fewer than 100 sales: read as an indication only.
In the south of the island, in Corse-du-Sud, granite dominates the large houses of the Alta Rocca and the Sartène area, with plain, sparsely windowed facades suited to summer heat and strong winds. In Haute-Corse, the green schist of Cap Corse and the Castagniccia sits alongside the limestone of the Balagne, with roofs of stone slab or canal tile depending on altitude and exposure. Corsican manor houses often show a tower or a campanile, an outside stair and a vaulted ground floor once used for livestock or the harvest. Lime renders tinted with local ochre protect the masonry from salt spray and autumn rain, while still letting the very thick walls breathe.
Outbuildings reflect a farming and herding economy: dry-stone sheepfolds, olive or chestnut mills in the Castagniccia, terraced plots held up by low stone walls. An old residence awaiting renovation remains common in inland villages, while already-restored houses cluster more around the Gulf of Ajaccio, Bonifacio or Cap Corse, the island's most sought-after areas. Shaded loggias and small interior courtyards, designed to catch the breeze while keeping out direct sun, remain a distinctive feature of these houses.
Corse-du-Sud holds sought-after residences around Ajaccio, Propriano and Bonifacio, as well as in the Alta Rocca hinterland, towards Sartène, Zonza and Levie, where granite houses dominate a landscape of scrubland and vineyards; the quieter Taravo and Ornano areas offer farming-estate houses at more moderate prices. Haute-Corse, larger in area, offers properties in the Balagne, between Calvi and Île-Rousse, in the Nebbio around Saint-Florent, in the Castagniccia and on Cap Corse, as well as on the eastern plain near Bastia and the Costa Serena, where rural buildings stay affordable.
The island has no TGV station and no direct rail link to the mainland; access is by air through the airports at Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi and Figari, or by ferry from Marseille, Toulon and Nice. The most expensive areas remain the Gulf of Ajaccio, Bonifacio and Cap Corse; inland areas, in the Castagniccia as in the Alta Rocca, stay more affordable for a house of comparable size.
Some of the island's heritage buildings are registered historic monuments or recorded in the regional inventory: establish the exact status before any renovation project, since the surroundings of a monument require the approval of the Architecte des Bâtiments de France. Along the coast, the Loi Littoral severely restricts new building and extensions, including converting former farm outbuildings; forest-fire risk, marked in the scrubland, often requires regulatory brush-clearing around the buildings.
On the technical side, check the roof timbers and covering, exposed to wind and salt spray near the coast, along with the condition of the dry-stone walls on agricultural terraces. Systematically check the land ownership situation, since undivided inheritance is common in Corsica, and the status of access tracks, often rural or municipal, before any purchase. Also have the water supply checked, often a captured spring or a private borehole whose flow can vary sharply over summer, and confirm that drainage meets current standards.
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