The Moulin de Nartaud is rented as a whole for weddings, family celebrations and private parties, usually over a full weekend. Guests eat in a 140 m² barn, gather in two reception rooms in the main house and use four hectares of meadow for a ceremony or drinks outside. The owners do not publish a maximum number of guests, so check the number for your layout with them. The estate is a former water mill in Montcabrier, in the Tarn, east of Toulouse.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are the core of the business. The Segui family, Françoise, Gérard, Camille and Paul, hand over the entire estate for the event, and couples can arrive on the Friday from 9 a.m. Suppliers collect their equipment on the Monday before noon, which leaves time for set-up, the wedding day and a relaxed day after. A secular ceremony can take place in the meadows or under the trees, with twelve wooden ceremony benches provided. The family organizes an open day each spring so couples can visit with their families and witnesses, and Camille and Paul also show the site by appointment.
The estate publishes ideas for spring, summer, autumn and winter weddings, and the barn is heated and air-conditioned, so the venue works outside the summer season too.
Rooms and capacities
The barn measures 20 by 7 meters, or 140 m². Glazed workshop-style partitions let you open or close it, and it has power points along the walls. A 32 m² area next to it is set aside for the caterer. The barn comes pre-wired with a sound system built around Yamaha active speakers and a small mixer, so you can run your own playlist or bring in a DJ.
In the main house, the ground floor offers 130 m² of living space with two reception rooms. One has a large fireplace and opens onto a 50 m² terrace with a pergola. The other looks onto the brick vaults and the pond beside the mill.
The estate lends its own furniture: round and oval tables for ten, rectangular tables for eight, 93 iron chairs, 17 armchairs, bistro chairs, high tables, a beer bar, a plancha and braziers.
Accommodation
The mill has four bedrooms on the first floor, each with its own bathroom and walk-in shower, heating, air conditioning and television. Bed linen and towels are in place on arrival. The property is classified as a four-star furnished tourist rental. Guests may also camp on site with tents, campervans or caravans, and the website lists accommodation nearby for the rest of the party.
Catering
There is no in-house catering. You choose your own caterer, who works from the dedicated area with a 380-volt socket and a refrigerator. The main house also has a kitchen with an induction range, a large oven, two refrigerators, a freezer and a dishwasher, plus tableware for 40. The owners publish a list of local caterers, drinks suppliers, DJs, photographers and marquee hire firms who know the site.
History and setting
The mill already existed under the Ancien Régime: a notary deed of 1613 mentions it. It is the last of five water mills that once worked in the parish of Bourg-Saint-Bernard. Its wheel was not a paddle wheel but a turbine set inside the building, at the bottom of circular shafts. One of these turbines and several granite millstones now stand at the entrance. The pink brick channel still runs under the mill into the pond. The four hectares of old meadow are edged with hedgerows. The interiors are non-smoking, and the whole site has Wi-Fi.
Getting there
The mill lies in Montcabrier, postcode 81500, in the countryside east of Toulouse. Parking is available on site. Guests arriving without a car will need a taxi or a hired driver, and the owners list local transport firms.
