A Former Silkworm Farm Transformed Into A Charming Dwelling, With Its Walled Garden Et View Of

A former silkworm farm transformed into a charming dwelling, with its walled garden et view of the chateau, 200 m from the Place aux Herbes, in Uzès. With two floors over a garden level and facing north-south, the former silkworm farm, with a floor area of approximately 420 m², was built by the wealthy bourgeoisie of Uzès on an avenue that was created and designed for grand occasions, while the surrounding dwellings, with coursed Vers stone façades, were reserved for the city’s local nobility or wealthy merchant class. As for their cornices, which separate the edifices’ different floors, and window/door surrounds, they are also in sculpted Vers stone, the latter of which is immediately identifiable thanks to its luminous blonde colour.

Cadenced over its three levels by wide, distantly spaced double-glazed windows, safeguarded by white bi-fold wooden shutters, the former silkworm farm has now been transformed into a charming dwelling, whereas, on the ground floor, facing the boulevard, the house’s front door is accessible from the garden, approximately 1,300 m² in size and closed off to the north by a long wall running parallel to the street, which protects the property and preserves its undeniable peace and quiet.

In addition, a projecting sculpted cornice supports its barrel tile roof, typical of local architecture, while legend has it that, this uniformity in terms of Uzès’s rooftops was decided upon after World War II during the Liberation, following talks between André Malraux, then Minister of Culture for Free France, and the dowager duchess, a resistance fighter from the very beginning, who had wished to see, from the windows of her ducal palace, only traditional barrel tile roofs. And so it was done.
Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Géorisques website: https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/