A Manor House From The Late 18th Century With A Courtyard, Garden And Swimming Pool, Between

A manor house from the late 18th century with a courtyard, garden and swimming pool, between Montpellier, Nîmes and the wild Camargue countryside. The manor house, which was once part of a winegrowing estate, is nestled within a peaceful village in the Gard department with approximately 3,000 people, while, accessible from the village square via an impressive 19th-century wrought-iron gate, which opens on to a stone path lined with cypress trees that leads to the dwelling, it also features another entrance, via a more modern gate, on the northern side of the square, providing direct vehicular access to the garden on the left side of dwelling.

Built along a northwest/southeast axis, the L-shaped edifice was designed with a rectangular main building facing east, whereas the architectural complex extends over nearly 500 m² and boasts a minimalist façade with uniformly coursed ashlar stone masonry. As for the blond ochre-colour limestone, it was probably extracted from the nearby Pondres quarry, while the two-storey dwelling is cadenced by 11 rectangular windows/doors, including three evenly spaced glass double doors.

With a projecting cornice highlighting the top of its long-wall façade and creating a clear separation with the dazzling blue sky, the edifice is topped with a barrel tile gable roof, whereas, on its courtyard side, each window and door, flanked by “grey-blue” shutters, very characteristic of the region, opens on to an enclosed courtyard planted with a variety of Mediterranean shrubs, such as lavender, rosemary and agave, under the watchful branches of a centenary Lebanese cedar.

Lastly, its eastern-facing exterior, coated in sand-colour lime plaster, which matches perfectly with the local stone, and topped with a double genoise cornice, providing an elegant touch, faces an initial stone patio, followed by the garden, which combines both stone and vegetation as well as offers unobstructed views of the surrounding hillsides.
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