Luxury farmhouses for sale Lirac, France

A 17th century farmhouse in the heart of the Gard Garrigues, a precious testimony to centuries of pastoral life. The various buildings, with their thick limestone walls, are part of a series of edifices that were erected starting in the 17th century. They surround a courtyard, a space which links and protects the different farm activities. Called a 'barn' in the 18th century, this agricultural building consisted of a single structure to the north and an elevation at right angles to the east. Today, only four massive stone pillars remain, distributed around the courtyard. The development of the other two wings still standing today had to wait until the 19th century, when the cultivation of mulberry trees - of which fine specimens remain in the park - developed. At that time, silkworm breeding was at its peak, until a devastating epidemic, pepper disease, ravaged most of the farms in the Gard. The architectural style of the eastern wing presents all the typical characteristics of a silkworm farm: a long, narrow and tall building, two storeys high, with small regular openings and a gable roof, with a chimney for the ventilation and heating necessary for the growth of the 'Magnans” (greedy silkworms). The second wing on the western side was built for the staff who were required to live on the premises. The windows, which are larger in size, receive generous sunlight from the west. From the windows facing the sunset, the view encompasses the surrounding garrigue shrublands as well as the flock of sheep from the neighbouring village that regularly graze nearby. To the north, the building has remained in its original state with, on the lower level, solid cross vaults which sheltered the animals under the hayloft above. The courtyard facades are entirely lime-rendered and those visible from the outside - with the exception of the east wing - show bonded rubble limestone. The gable roofs are clad with monk-and-nun tiles.

A seventeenth-century bastide farmhouse to be restored in 2 2 hectares that include a villa, a belvedere tower and outhouses in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in the south of France. The property covers 2.2 hectares and faces the Alpilles mountain range. You can walk to the town centre of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence from the property. Its collection of buildings was once used for agriculture. These structures date back to different periods. Some are joined to each other. Others stand separately, grouped together around a vast patio. Most of the buildings are crowned with a gable roof of Roman tiling. The property was once a place of recreational activities. Lohan de Laurency, a squire of Avignon, bought the property not long before 1650. Later, in 1670, he sold it to a count: the Comte de La Ravine d’Arles, who built most of the farmhouse and was the property’s most persevering occupant. You reach the property via two different tracks lined with plane trees. These tracks frame the grounds and link them to the nearby secondary road on both sides, marking two distinct sections of the property: one on the north side, the other on the south side. The villa is made of stone from a local quarry in Fontvieille. Its square belvedere tower rises up from it proudly, looking out at the Alpilles mountains. This villa was built in 1875, reflecting a taste for Roman architecture. You can see it from the road. Among the property’s buildings, the villa is its centrepiece. It extends the original seventeenth-century farmhouse and links it to outhouses: a hay barn and a huge stone-and-brick warehouse that was also built in 1875, in a more industrial style. To the south, on the other side of the patio, a barn, a drying room, a garage for three cars, and accommodation lie opposite the warehouse. In the south section of the grounds, there is a nineteenth-century greenhouse with a glazed roof and a hinged metal frame. It has been masterfully restored and stands beside a vegetable patch. In front of the villa, a terrace leads to a cross-shaped garden that was once edged with box shrubs. A round ornamental pond lies in the middle of it, embellished with an arrangement of rocks. Concealed there is a water feature that makes the pond frothy when supplied with water. A network of private tracks snakes through the grounds and encloses these 2.2 hectares.

Authentic building from the 12th century In an environment of absolute calm, on land of approximately 20ha, this sublime authentic house is located.