Tucked away between rolling hills and terraced meadows in the heart of the Bandol vineyards, the farmhouse cannot be seen from the little-used local road that encircles the property. From there, the earthen driveway, lined with olive, pine and cypress trees, leads for a few dozen metres past a few parking spaces between and under the trees, to the western side of the mas. The terraced gardens of the 2.4 hectare estate are planted with vines, olive trees and woods, which have replaced cereals and fragrant flowers.
The 19th century former farmhouse has a floor area of approx. 230 m² extending over two levels. It comprises two sections that follow the contours of the grounds.
An arbour protects the terrace, which is paved with square and rectangular terracotta tiles and runs along the main façade, providing shelter from the summer heat. Extending from the terrace is a threshing floor with a diameter of 12 m, which is listed as an outstanding rural heritage feature. This reminder of the residence's agricultural past is enclosed by a low stone wall.
The western end of the building contains a barn with an attached garden shed, while the eastern end, given the gradient of the ground, tops the cellar and the caretaker's lodge. The main roughcast facade features small-paned, rectangular windows with celadon green painted wooden shutters, and a bull's eye window on the first floor. The gable or three-pitched (for the eastern part of the farmhouse) monk-and-nun tiled roofs are edged with a cornice of two rows of shortened tiles.

The "mas"

The ground floor
The main entrance is via an old studded wooden door that can be accessed from the covered terrace with terracotta paving running along the south-facing side of the house. A small entrance hall leads to two consecutive rooms to the east: a first sitting room with a large masonry fireplace and rectangular terracotta floor tiles leads to a second sitting room, also terracotta-tiled. In each of these rooms, a window lets in the southern light and brings out the white of the walls and the exposed wooden beams. From the sitting room with fireplace, a door leads three steps down to a shower room with toilet and window.
To the west of the entrance area is a spacious kitchen, lit from the south by a window and extended at the back by a scullery, with its own access to the rear. Here too, the original features have been preserved and enhanced, with terracotta tiles, exposed beams and a wooden door. At the western end of the farmhouse is a former barn that has been converted into a garage lit from the west. It is accessed from the outside via a slightly arched, double-leaf wooden door. From here, there is a link to the scullery, which is currently blocked off but still visible. It could be restored to provide an extension to the ground floor.
The first floor
Opposite the entrance, a terracotta-tiled staircase with wooden nosing leads to the upper landing. There are wrought-iron handrails on either side of the staircase. Three further steps lead from the staircase to a passageway that forms the first sleeping area. With its sloping ceilings and lit by a skylight and a window to the north, this is a " connecting " room that can be used as an extra bedroom. It provides access to a lavatory, a bathroom - the first with a skylight, the second with a window - as well as a bedroom with a cupboard to the south, and finally a studio flat with separate access that takes up the west end of the building. The studio bedroom has a masonry fireplace in one corner and is lit by two windows to the south and one to the west. It also includes a shower room with toilet, a closet and a kitchenette.
Three steps lead from the hallway to a period terracotta-tiled corridor to the east serving three further bedrooms. The first, with a sealed-up fireplace, an inset cupboard with wooden doors and a bathroom with toilet illuminated by an oculus, overlooks the south-facing arbour. The floor is laid with octagonal terracotta tiles, typical of the region. On the opposite side of the corridor, three steps lead down to a bathroom with a toilet and a small window to the north. From here, a further three steps lead to a bedroom. The bedroom faces west and north and is therefore the coolest room in the house. Finally, at the end of the corridor, there is a third L-shaped bedroom with water fixtures and a lavatory. All the rooms on the first floor are in the roofspace. They have a generous ceiling height with exposed beams or plaster infills.