House T6 in São Bartolomeu, Borba

This unique property, dating from 1778, is situated in the heart of Borba. You can hear the bells of St Bartholomew's Church ringing. And the birds singing. Fourteen years ago, after centuries of existence, two art teachers managed to see its true beauty through the harsh, deep-set wrinkles of neglect. Their passion for its history and beauty, dimmed only by the passage of time, was immediate, and so the centuries-old convent building - the former Recolhimento de Nossa Senhora das Dores - was r...