FarmhouseBeaucaire (30)

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Surface614 m²bedrooms4 land2.1 ha

A 19th-century rural Provence farmhouse to be entirely restored, with 360° views, on 2 hectares of land in the middle of the Camargue rice fields, away from any disturbance. This 19th-century limestone rural Provence farmhouse is typical of the Camargue countryside, inasmuch as it is built in the middle of an immense expanse of rice fields as well as cropped meadows, with part of it devoted to living space and another part dedicated to farming. Both are combined in the same building, with the slight difference in height denoting the different uses. A former stable boy’s lodgings are located at a right angle to the farmhouse.
Away from the main building and the enclosed barns, an open-sided, metal-structured hangar built in the 1950s marks the limit of the property towards the rice fields.
It can be kept (for agricultural use only) or demolished. Lastly, a small building used as a garage is adjacent to the main building.
The farmhouse, which is sold with approximately 2 hectares of land and whose two main façades face north and south, can be reached via a passing road, a tarmac access road that leads into the farm’s entrance courtyard, or by dirt tracks through the rice fields leading to the rear of the farmhouse.
The almost 2 hectares belonging to the property are delimited by ditches, which are called ‘roubines’ locally, by the access road on the side of the farm courtyard and by the natural vegetation for the rest. As per tradition in the Camargue, there are no fences on the estate, which is delimited only by vegetation acting primarily as windbreaks.
The perfectly isolated location of this farmhouse, which bears the name of a martyred saint, means it stands in a totally undisturbed location and boasts 360° views over a radius of 100 km of the Provence landscape. The panorama stretches as far as the Alpilles Mountains and Mont Ventoux, which is 150 km away yet is still clearly visible from the edge of the rice fields when the Mistral is blowing.
A timeless aspect accentuated by its uniqueness is bestowed by all of the above on the site, which is cloaked in silence and protected from the many winds that blow through Provence thanks its long-standing location.