Luxury houses for sale Fournes, France (page 6)

Charming single-storey house of 113 m² in the purest Californian modernist style of the 1970s, this property is located in a natural area. It enjoys a great deal of peace and quiet and a panoramic view over the countryside. Large bay windows allow it to be bathed in light. Its large wooded and fenced grounds (4120 m²) guarantee perfect privacy. A kitchen open to the dining room and the living room give access to a veranda fully glazed facing south (60 m² in total). Two bedrooms and a large bathroom complete the ensemble. An awning of 30 m² could be transformed into an independent studio. Finally, a garage and a lean-to allow you to put your car and garden equipment under cover.

Situated on the outskirts of Nîmes in a quiet village with shops, this villa comprises a main house and a gîte, all on a plot of enclosed land planted with trees of approx. 1200 m² with an 11x5 m swimming pool. The main house is on one level and features a large, bright living area with a fireplace, a separate kitchen, three spacious bedrooms (15, 15, 14m²), a bathroom and a veranda opening onto the outside which has now been converted into a workspace. The gîte comprises a ground floor with a kitchen, living room and three en suite bedrooms. A relaxation area and two workshops complete this property. The exterior is fully enclosed and planted with Mediterranean trees, and there is also parking space. Features: reversible air-conditioning, fireplace, double glazing, secure swimming pool with electric shutter, fibre optic cable, etc. Les informations sur les risques auxquels ce bien est exposé sont disponibles sur le site Géorisques : www.georisques.gouv.fr

30400 VILLENEUVE LES AVIGNON - SUPERB SINGLE-STOREY HOUSE OF ~200 m² INCLUDING ANNEXE~20M2 - 3 BEDROOMS - SWIMMING POOL AND LANDSCAPED GARDEN OF 1683 M²- GARAGE & OUTBUILDINGS. efficity, the online real estate agency, offers you this magnificent single-storey house of ~180 m², with 3 bedrooms, a workshop of ~20 m² and numerous storage spaces. Its fenced and landscaped garden of 1,383 m² includes a swimming pool, pool house, garden shed, several terraces and a garage... In a quiet area, in a sought-after neighborhood of the popular town of Villeneuve Lès Avignon. Upon entering, you will be charmed by its spacious and bright living space of 43 m², with a mezzanine of 15 m², overlooking a 22 m² open kitchen equipped with high-end furniture. The house has 3 bedrooms with generous volumes (including one bedroom of 25 m²), 1 shower room with toilet, 1 bathroom with shower and toilet, 1 separate toilet. In addition to the aesthetic of this property, there is a laundry room, a pantry, a boiler room, and an attached garage. Finally, an air-conditioned workshop of ~20 m² allows for the possibility of a professional activity, rental, or independent living for a family member or older child. Outside, there are plenty of spaces for relaxation and conviviality: several terraces, a charming pond, a large 10*4m swimming pool, and shaded areas. And for practicality, there is a pool house and a garden shed. For optimum comfort: new heat pump, underfloor heating, reversible air conditioning. Transferable alarm system. Integrated automatic watering system. This charming and tastefully furnished property offers a spacious and functional living space. The careful finishes and features add a touch of elegance and refinement to each room. Possibility of a virtual tour. For more information, contact Isabelle CHAIZE by phone at 07 86 92 50 87 or by email at [email protected]. Selling price: 840,000 euros (agency fees included 40,000€)

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A 19th-century town house to be renovated with a floor area of 280m², a patio garden and a terrace, nestled between the cities of Arles and Avignon in southern France. The dwelling is tucked away in the Saint-Nicolas district of Tarascon. It is a typical example of a traditional Provençal town house. Several generations of local merchants lived in this dwelling for a whole century. The house was probably built not long after the French Revolution at a time when a merchant class was starting to thrive, gaining wealth from famous fairs and markets in the local region. The facade has been entirely restored with old-style rendering on the ground floor. An even pattern of limestone blocks with pointing is left exposed on the first and second floors. Like most houses in this historical district of Tarascon, the dwelling was built with Fontvieille limestone on the remains of pre-existing Roman and medieval constructions. Inside, the edifice has kept several original decorative features from the Middle Ages, including an even bond of stonework in the load-bearing walls, strong arched lintels above doors and intriguing vaulted passages. Outside, on the street, the house proudly displays its large, thick shutters. These shutters, made of wood and painted, are typical of the Arlesian style and they characterise Provence’s age-old craftsmanship. The shutter above the main entrance has kept its little hatch, or spy hole, which would be looked through, without the observer being noticed, to see who was knocking at the door when all the shutters were closed. The house is nestled on a calm pedestrian street in the town centre. This road is an integral part of a symmetrical layout that offers a harmonious urban view: your gaze is drawn to a baroque theatre in a former chapel of the Order of Preachers and a small square beside it. Both were recently restored masterfully. Fine town houses stand along the main street that runs past the theatre and the square. The flagship site of a well-known firm of Provençal fabrics also lies on a nearby street. Tarascon is this firm’s historical birthplace. The dwelling’s roof of old red barrel tiles has been restored. Much of the interior needs to be renovated.

A 17th-century convent building converted into a house with courtyard garden, swimming pool, independent studio flat and panoramic views in Tarascon. The house is in the immediate vicinity of one of the city's most emblematic religious monuments: the “Chapelle de la Persévérance”. The facade of this place of worship is an iconic example of Baroque architecture, with its segmental arch portal, framed by two pilasters with Ionic capitals featuring garlands of flowers and an entablature with a three-sided architrave, frieze and modillion cornice. The house and its outbuildings, directly abutting the chapel, leave little doubt as to its original use as a convent. Indeed, the house still bears some traces of its original vocation, in particular the decorative motifs of the ground floor vaults. Founded in 1677 as a home for 'girls of ill repute', the chapel and its associated establishment were entrusted to the care of the Sisters of Notre-Dame du Refuge. Like most establishments of this type, created under the royal “in commendam” system, this umpteenth 'convent for repentant girls' was a resounding moral failure and soon became a notorious 'place of perdition'. It took barely half a century for it to evolve from a convent to a brothel. So much so, in fact, that this highly conspicuous place was forced to close by royal decree on the accession of Louis XVI in 1774, a good fifteen years before the Revolution. In 1803, under the First Empire, the modest convent buildings were sold as national property destined to be used as stables. Some of these buildings remain part of the present-day property. As for the chapel, it was used for the catechism known as 'perseverance', an in-depth teaching of the scriptures that children used to follow after their solemn communion - a history to which its current name bears witness. Today, contemporary art exhibitions are held here throughout the year, providing a rare opportunity to visit the church and admire its rich Baroque decor.

A vast 17th century mansion, its outbuildings and its garden, a stone's throw from a medieval royal castle, at the gateway to the Camargue. Neither listed nor classified, this imposing mansion is a miraculous survivor of the Second World War. During the Liberation battles in Provence, because of its strategic position on the banks of the Rhône, Tarascon was badly hit by Allied air raids and a fifth of its surface area was destroyed. The entire section of the town between the railway station and the bridge over the Rhône was razed to the ground. The “Cours National” - pronounced 'course” by locals - developed in 1862 in the Provençal tradition as a vast space for leisure, socialising and shopping, was not spared. Rumour has it that in the 18th century, the untouched mansion housed members of the family of the explorer and naval officer Jean-François de Lapérouse, earning it for a time the nickname 'Hôtel de Lapérouse'. However, this story has never been documented. Apparently, the name of the family who originally built this edifice has been lost forever in the arcane of Provençal history. The mansion was probably sold as national property to local merchants during the French Revolution; these and others who followed ran it as a commercial and residential rental building with shops on the ground floor throughout the 19th century and the first half of the 20th. Today, the ground floor houses business premises which have replaced the reception rooms of the past. The outbuildings served as a coaching inn for the Vallabrègues stagecoach between the 17th and 19th centuries. They have been converted into various premises, flats, a garage and a warehouse flat which extends under the perfectly restored vaulted ceiling of the former stables. The building complex - mansion and extensions - has five independent entrances opening onto the courtyard and a small perpendicular street, taking up its corner and a good part of its length.

An 18th-century country house of 600 m², with natural swimming pool, park and 19-hectare olive-growing estate, 15 minutes from Avignon TGV station. This is a bastide with a history that is not easily unveiled. Its Provence name, which means 'to preserve and respect', may well refer to a Masonic practice that existed in 18th-century lodges but has since disappeared. And it was precisely at this time that the bastide was built, probably on top of pre-existing medieval foundations. A symbol in the centre of the park's majestic wrought-iron entrance gate adds to the mystery: a hexagram, or 'Star of David', suggests that the estate may have belonged to a Jewish banker in the service of the Avignon papacy. However, there are no official records to support this hypothesis, which has become a local legend. It should be remembered that the hexagram is a decorative figure found in Christian, Hindu, Japanese and pre-Islamic Arab architectural symbolism; the six branches of the star representing the six days of work, with the seventh day, the day of rest, in the hollowed-out centre of the geometry. The residence, surrounded by around 4 hectares of wooded parklands, is situated at the south-east end of a 15-hectare olive grove, criss-crossed by chequered tracks. Some of the earth paths run alongside one of the high dykes protecting the property from the Rhone River, which provides the entire estate with a much-envied wealth of silt and a constant supply of water. The bastide, at once an aristocratic residence and a farmhouse, displays all the distinctive features of its particular architectural style. As the construction of such a complex always takes time, the square, affluent 18th-century buildings were extended at the beginning of the 19th century by two lower adjoining buildings. Not far away, a single-storey outbuilding dating from the late 19th century, used as a caretaker's lodge, ensures from a distance that the peace and quiet of the bastide, a true 'manor house' surrounded by its estate, is preserved.

A completely restored late 18th-century tonwhouse with its three connecting enclosed courtyards in Tarascon. 'To live happily, live hidden' was the motto of the many famous people who have taken refuge behind the thick walls of the Tarascon houses. These discreet and silent houses are hidden behind medieval street corners, in little courtyards, under the shade of a church or a cluster of laurel trees. As soon as their doors are pushed open, they open onto lush gardens or refreshing landscaped courtyards. Next to all sizes of mansions, from the most sophisticated to the most discreet, alongside former convents, and the solid showy buildings built by rich merchants under the vast Renaissance porticoes, also to be found are surprisingly the more modest dwellings of fishermen with their indescribable charm that have recently aroused a great deal of interest. That is certainly the case for this unassuming house. Like many others in the area, it was built at the end of the 18th century for fishermen who depended on the Rhône as their source of food. Built in stone from the Boulbon and Fontvieille quarries or in blocks salvaged from Roman monuments and rendered in a pale colour, these small dwellings are generally two storeys high. Their facades have generous windows, with one on either side of the front door and two upstairs. Provided they receive loving attention, they offer unsuspected possibilities, with their multiple patios, interconnecting courtyards and beautiful old materials.

Charming Houses offers you exclusively, in a quiet residential area, this House of character of 250 m2, not overlooked and only 10 minutes walk from the city center of Tarascon Very wooded garden of 500m2 entirely closed. Swimming pool 9x3m. Terrace. Veranda with its summer dining area and storage On the ground floor, a very pretty entrance hall, a guest toilet, a large living room with lounge area, dining room, stone fireplace, independent kitchen, back kitchen, a suite with its shower room and toilet. laundry room From the living room, a staircase leads to a library area on the mezzanine, then to an independent suite with shower room and wc On the first floor by a beautiful stone staircase, a suite with shower room and wc On the second floor, a suite with lounge area, bedroom with balcony and view, shower room and wc City gas heating, mains drainage. Preferably sold furnished Very quiet residential area From the bedrooms upstairs, view over the rooftops and a small view of the Alpilles

A small eighteenth-century town house with a patio, nestled on a calm, elegant street in the heart of the old Provençal town of Tarascon. From the fifteenth century, the prosperity of Tarascon drew many families: aristocrats as much as merchants and upper middle classes. Clergymen also came. These newcomers built grand private houses: they were keen to leave their mark on the town. The town houses of Tarascon often display rich architectural embellishments in the style of Provençal Mannerism, which dominated in the seventeenth century. But some of these town houses were also plain and small. Since the Middle Ages, town houses have been defined as simply urban dwellings occupied by single owners, so their size does not really determine their category. It was mainly from the eighteenth century onwards that small town houses – those with a floor area of less than 300m² – were built along commercial streets within Tarascon itself, where they were sheltered from the cold mistral wind of winter and from the hot sun of summer. They were made for wealthy merchants rather than for nobility and their style differs to that of grand, sumptuous palaces. The bombings of the Second World War damaged Tarascon but left almost all these old town houses intact: these historical dwellings were not close to the town’s strategic rail line, nor to the bridge across the River Rhône. These homes were often built upon ruins from the Middle Ages or antiquity and they all adopted a similar layout. Moreover, they are all made of the same fine materials: old monk-and-nun tiling, large tiles of grey Barbentane stone, wrought-iron window railings and walls made of limestone from the quarries of Les Baux-de-Provence and Fontvieille. Furthermore, they often reused fragments of column shafts from antiquity. Indeed, reuse of materials from the old remains upon which they were built is a constant feature among them.

A 17th century fortified farmhouse with its dovecote and convertible outbuildings between the Alpilles and the Camargue, in need of renovation. The date 1633, engraved in the stone above the entrance porch, could be misleading: the ancient rampart wall of stone from the Fontvieille quarries with its exposed corbels probably goes back much further. An iron gateway has been installed behind the heavy oak entrance doors. Two old barns, one of which was probably an oratory, frame the main building, which faces north-east/south-west. On the outer walls of the fortified building, animal ex-votos are carved into the limestone, bearing witness to the golden age of the local bullfighting traditions called 'bouvine”, under the impetus of the 'gentleman-guardian' Folco de Baroncelli. In the former hayloft, the pinkish-coloured Douglas fir beams support a fully restored monk-and-nun tile roof. The eaves feature a corbelled overhang ending in a traditional three-row frieze. A few openings protected by single-leaf shutters brighten up the main building. A dovecote topped by a four-sided roof set in the corner of the perimeter wall reflects the aristocratic status of the family that erected the estate and lived here for several centuries.

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The advertiser did not provide an english description for this listing.

The advertiser did not provide an english description for this listing.

An exceptional property for sale near Avignon in the Gard, in approx. 1 hectare of grounds with a covered swimming pool. Here, the charm of country life will bring you peace, quiet and a return to authenticity. With its 300 sqm (approx.) of liveable floor space and its south-westerly aspect, this property will win you over thanks to its profuse greenery, its lush garden, its kitchen garden and its chicken run. This architect-designed Provençal-style house provides living areas and sleeping quarters all on one level. A very beautiful entrance hall leads to a lounge where a wood-burning stove has pride of place, with several exits providing access to the terrace and garden; then comes a practical kitchen and a dining room from which you can admire the magnificent tree-shaded, flower-bedecked grounds. A study and a workshop round off the daytime section. The night-time area comprises three bedrooms (each with a shower room) and an en-suite bedroom with bathroom. White walls and terracotta flooring lend light and authenticity, while the many picture windows allow the Mediterranean and Provençal scenery to be enjoyed. What make this property special are its magnificent wooded grounds, a true oasis of greenery. Olive groves, cypresses, bougainvilleas, pines, palms and lemon, cherry and other fruit trees grow in this lush, meticulously maintained garden, providing a harmonious and restful environment. Also included are two essential ingredients of country life to delight young and old alike: a chicken run and a kitchen garden. A covered 12x8 metre swimming pool adds the finishing touch to the outdoor area of the property. Cars can be parked in one of the three garages adjoining the house. The property is ideally located 25 minutes from Avignon high-speed railway station and 20 minutes from the A7 motorway. Property for sale by the estate agency in Avignon, France Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Géorisques website: www.georisques.gouv.fr

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Fully renovated town house with terrace, for sale, near Avignon in the Gard. Located in the heart of a charming village in a peaceful setting, the property has approx. 260 sqm of livable floor space and a 35 sqm south-west-facing terrace. This charming residence offers a healthy, well-maintained living environment with a beautiful stone facade and interior living spaces designed with great care and in a refined and clean style. As a main or second home, with the option of running a holiday cottage or seasonal rental business, this property has a real appeal. The private part comprises a ground floor and two upper levels. On the ground floor, a spacious entrance hall (approx. 10 sqm) leads to an upper level via a spiral staircase. A utility room and storeroom complete the ground floor. The first level comprises a large living area of around 55 sqm comprising a modern, well-equipped open-plan living room and kitchen. A master bedroom with en suite shower room and WC complete this first level. Exposed beams, parquet flooring in some rooms and stone walls with integrated LED lighting add some authenticity and modern comfort. The natural atmosphere and the luminosity of this charming home resonate with the use of quality materials and the large windows opening onto the outside. The second level has a spacious bedroom of around 20 sqm. There is also a shower room with WC and a room of more than 20 sqm that can be used as an extra sitting room, bedroom or study. It opens onto a very large roof terrace with a wooden floor and wrought iron gate, creating an intimate and protected place. In a complete privacy, this terrace offers a wonderful view over the rooftops of the village houses and a verdant panorama in the distance. On the ground floor, this property has two holiday cottages 50 sqm of livable floor space each, with separate entrances. Ideally situated, this property is 25 minutes from Avignon TGV station and 20 minutes from the A7 motorway. Property for sale by estate agency in Avignon, France Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Géorisques website: www.georisques.gouv.fr

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Just a stone's throw from Avignon and Uzès, nestling on the side of a hill in the shelter of a major Gallic-Roman site and surrounded as far as the eye can see by famous vineyards, you'll find yourself wandering through the winding streets of this village, in a medieval setting between stone houses and the imposing Gothic-style church which, from its eagle's nest, seems to watch over an exceptional panorama. The town became rich and famous thanks to the cultivation of vines, which enabled it to surround itself with fortifications whose dual purpose was to consolidate its power and fulfil a defensive role. This 18th-century farmhouse was built in the heart of the village, which boasts a wealth of shops and service providers. It features 1,800m² of wooded parkland with a 5x10m swimming pool and pool house. The majestic hundred-year-old chestnut tree that dominates the garden could certainly tell many tales, but it is also happy to provide a welcome shade, alongside a few old mulberry trees that bear witness to a bygone economic activity: silkworm rearing. With 230 m² of living space, this residence includes, in addition to the main house, an independent guest house and numerous outbuildings, totalling approx. 200 m² that could be converted. There is a vast 68 m² living room with a fully equipped kitchen that benefits from the courtyard and garden. There are also a study and a small lounge, four bedrooms and two bathrooms. On the practical side, a well ensures abundant automatic watering, a garage provides parking for two cars and a workshop will delight DIY enthusiasts. Absolutely everything about this property exudes tranquillity and a quality of life that is so very appreciated in the South of France, as it is vital to everyone's harmonious development. Agency fees are to be paid by the vendor. A property offered exclusively by Botella and Sons (since 1989). Ref. 2507