A farmhouse for sale in Normandy, a Pays d'Auge half-timbered farmhouse or a Pays de Caux clos-masure waiting to be restored: a land of bocage and dairy farming, the region has kept a dense rural stock built in timber frame, granite or brick. This page brings together the farmhouses, barns and mas for sale in Normandy listed on ma-propriete.fr: half-timbered longère houses, beech-lined clos-masure farmsteads, granite Cotentin farms, and stone barns to renovate with pasture.
Below you will find the actual prices of the rural market across Normandy's five departments, an overview of where the choice is widest, from the Pays d'Auge to the Cotentin, and the points to watch on this traditional stock. For a tourism project, our white paper on setting up a rural gîte will help you cost it.
There are no statistics dedicated to farmhouses and barns: a renovated farmhouse sells like a country house with outbuildings and land, whereas a bare barn or a farm to renovate often sells well below. The most useful benchmark therefore remains the price of country houses.
How much does a country house cost in Normandy? According to DVF data (notarised sales) analysed by the ma-propriete.fr observatory, the median price of a country house in Normandy stood at €189,000 in 2025, with an average price of €197,998 and a median price of €1,872/m² of living space (14,367 house sales in rural municipalities over the year). 10% of houses sold for less than €100,000 (floor price, 1st decile) and 10% for more than €304,000 (ceiling price, 9th decile). The typical country house offers 106 m² of living space on an average plot of 3,500 m², i.e. around 0.3 ha.
The region is close to the national median (€189,200). Since the second half of 2020, the regional median price has risen from €169,900 to €189,000, i.e. +11.2%; over one year (2024-2025) the change is +3.0%.
| 2025 indicator | Normandy | France |
|---|---|---|
| Median price | €189,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €197,998 | €207,100 |
| Floor price (1st decile) | €100,000 | €90,000 |
| Ceiling price (9th decile) | €304,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €1,872/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 106 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot size | 3,500 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales in 2025 | 14,367 | 150,313 |
Differences between departments are significant: the median ranges from €139,000 in Orne (61) to €225,400 in Calvados (14). The table below compares 2025 prices and their change since 2020.
| Department | Median price 2025 | Average price 2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2020-2025 | Sales 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvados (14) | €225,400 | €239,811 | €2,092/m² | +15.8% | 2,485 |
| Eure (27) | €185,000 | €191,736 | €1,900/m² | +4.8% | 3,503 |
| Manche (50) | €180,000 | €188,527 | €1,750/m² | +17.6% | 3,263 |
| Orne (61) | €139,000 | €146,959 | €1,427/m² | +11.1% | 1,719 |
| Seine-Maritime (76) | €201,000 | €208,792 | €2,013/m² | +11.6% | 3,397 |
A regional average also hides large gaps between municipalities. A smallholding to renovate, a restored longère with its outbuildings, a farmhouse on several hectares of land or a manor house with parkland do not sell at the same price, and the location matters as much as the building: coastline, tourist area, peri-urban countryside close to a job market or deep countryside. The table below shows the median price of country houses in Normandy by type of municipality (cumulative sales from mid-2020 to 2025) and its change between 2021 and 2025.
| Type of municipality | Median price 2020-2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2021-2025 | Sales 2020-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourist coastline | €238,300 | €2,462/m² | +9.9% | 3,849 |
| Residential coastline | €204,000 | €2,015/m² | +6.5% | 4,975 |
| Inland tourist areas (hinterland, mountains) | €194,850 | €1,878/m² | +1.6% | 2,145 |
| Peri-urban countryside (city catchment area) | €197,000 | €1,926/m² | +7.5% | 41,469 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €158,566 | €1,600/m² | +5.2% | 35,192 |
These benchmarks help you assess a listing, estimate a property before putting it up for sale, or set your budget, whether you are looking for a holiday home, a permanent move to the French countryside or a property to turn into a rural gîte. To go further, see our observatory of country house prices in France (national, regional and departmental analysis, downloadable annual report) and work out the full cost of your purchase, including French notary fees, with our notary fees calculator.
In Upper Normandy, the clos-masure of the Pays de Caux combines a wattle-and-daub half-timbered farmhouse, a barn, a cowshed and a cider press, all enclosed by an earth bank planted with beech trees for shelter. In the Pays d'Auge, the timber-frame longère house sits among the apple orchards. In the Cotentin and part of the Orne, buildings are built in granite under slate or thatch. There is no mas in Normandy; the word has no local meaning here.
These barns and longères, often generously proportioned, convert into homes or gîtes, subject to local planning zoning and a change of use. The surrounding hectares of bocage pasture, typical of Normandy dairy farming, suit keeping horses or a permaculture project on land already enclosed by hedgerows.
In Calvados, the Pays d'Auge around Lisieux and Livarot, as well as the Vire bocage near Vire, offer a wide choice of half-timbered farmhouses. In Seine-Maritime, the Pays de Caux around Yvetot and Dieppe concentrates the clos-masures. In the Manche, the Cotentin around Valognes and Coutances, and the Normandy bocage near Saint-Lô, keep an affordable stock. The Orne, around Alençon and the Perche near Mortagne-au-Perche, rounds out the choice.
Areas close to Deauville, Honfleur and the Pays d'Auge coast, as well as the outskirts of Rouen, remain well above the regional average. By contrast, the Orne Perche, the southern Manche and the inland Pays de Caux offer more affordable farms and barns.
Check the permitted use of the buildings against the local plan: in an agricultural zone A, a barn or cowshed can only become housing if it is expressly identified as eligible for a change of use. Examine the condition of the timber frame and daub infill, the roof (thatch, slate, or asbestos-cement sheets on more recent sheds), the timber frame itself, and the drainage, often basic on an old clos-masure.
If farmland comes with the property, ask about any current farm lease, common in dairy country, and about the pre-emption right of the Safer. Cost the restoration precisely: repairing an old timber frame often costs as much as the purchase itself.
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