luxury bastide with terrace for sale Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes, France

Once the private residence of an ambassador, before being transformed into a charming four-star hotel with 19 suites, this converted mill exudes character and charm. The interior is generous and bright. The rooms are spacious and comfortable. There are two catering areas, as well as a large dining room, a lounge and an equipped meeting room. The property also includes an independent four-bedroom house. Everything is in impeccable condition, including many new or recently renovated features. Outside, you will find 3.7 hectares of magnificent private grounds dotted with beautiful trees and adorned by a small pond, as well as a swimming pool area, a tennis court and a pétanque area. 10 minutes from the village of Grignan. 10 minutes from the A7 motorway. 20 minutes from the TGV station.

A Provençal residence with a pool, an ornamental pond and large outhouses, between the old papal city of Avignon and the Gallo-Roman town of Orange. The residence stands on a plot that covers just over 2,000m². It forms the heart of the property, which was developed around a broom-making workshop. You enter the site from the street via a wrought-iron double gate for pedestrians and a tall gate for cars. Three-metre-high stone walls enclose the plot, giving it absolute privacy. The property is made up of different buildings that were once used for the broom-making workshop. In the centre, there is the residence, framed between two gardens with distinct atmospheres: the first one, an ornamental garden, on the south side and a second one on the north side. Furthermore, a coachman’s lodge, a former stable and several terraces surround the residence. A covered entrance area leads to a former woodstore with a small dovecote and then to the northern part of the property. This section includes a rather large building, which housed the various annexes that once served as assembly workshops, drying rooms and storage lofts. The residence’s south part, which bears the marks of an 18th-century redesign, is the owners’ dwelling. Its north part, which displays raw beauty, brings together a series of 17th-century connecting rooms where the broom-makers with their craftsmanship would have worked. Indeed, some accounting scribbles left on the walls bear witness to this industrious past. The southern elevation is rendered in an ochre-yellow tone, which brings out the mint-green hue of the shutters. The northern elevation’s original rendering has been replaced with a more recent rendering of concrete. The residence is crowned with a barrel-tile roof of two slopes – one facing north, the other south – underlined with a génoise cornice.

ACT I — THE STAGE ENTRYThe portal opens. Silence settles in.Before you stands a noble and majestic bastide, as if taken from the set of an ancient theater.The perfectly aligned cypress trees stand guard.The boxwood shaped into balls outlines the gardens with almost royal precision.In the distance, the view delicately clears over the bell tower, bathed in light and tranquility.And yet... the city center, shops, and amenities are within walking distance, like a discreet luxury that few homes can offer.ACT II — THE DECORI am a bastide of 203 m², elegantly set on 1,800 m² of land.Beneath my high ceilings lie six bedrooms, and a majestic living room with an open fireplace where winter evenings crackle just like in family homes of yesteryear.My kitchen, entirely custom-made by a craftsman, unveils a superb marble countertop from Tavel, and my columns as well as my staircases have been carved from the stone of Baux-de-Provence.My artisanal wooden joinery also tells the story of noble work and timeless detail.ACT III — THE FINALOutside, receptions extend onto a vast terrace facing the garden and the stone swimming pool topped with its stone mascaron; the sculpted face of yore, silent witnesses of ancient fountains and washhouses.Some houses are for visiting.Others are for living.Me... I am meant to be played.Information about the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Géorisques site: www.georisques.gouv.frSale price: 1,196,000 €Fees chargeable to the sellerContact your SAFTI advisor: Hélène MICHAUX, Tel: 06 08 42 23 12, Email: [email protected] - EI - Commercial agent registered with the RSAC of AVIGNON under the number 882007214This description has been automatically translated from French.