This grand town house lies hidden behind tall walls. You reach it via two large gates from a calm street. So only guests can really see this home. The main building is made up of two sections that join in an L shape. It stands in the property’s south-west corner. On the plot’s eastern edge there is an outbuilding. It was once used as a stable. Now it serves as a car port and storeroom. A court and garden link the different buildings together. The whole property has been fully renovated in the past ten years – from technical networks to structural works and fine finishes. No compromise was made on the house’s delightful comfort. And the dwelling’s old materials and authentic character have been conserved with the deepest respect.

The town house

The grand dwelling was built in the eighteenth century. It has three floors and, beneath them, vaulted cellars that extend partially under the building. The house is crowned with a tall hipped roof of flat tiles, punctuated with dormers. The building’s layout is classical and symmetrical. It is made entirely of local dressed sandstone. The face of each floor is elegantly underlined with a line of stone in relief. Climbing plants soften the imposing facade. An entrance door leads to both wings, which connect to each other. You reach the cellar from outside, where the two sections meet. All the double-glazed oak windows have been replaced and feature wrought-iron Cremona bolts. Most of the inside walls and some floors have been insulated for warm cosiness.

The ground floor
The wing brightened with light from the south is made up of reception rooms. A hallway with a floor of stone cabochon tiling and walls adorned with dado panelling lies in the middle of the house and connects to the other rooms. An office with parquet flooring, a black marble fireplace and dado panelling leads out to the garden. A dining room matches it somewhat, with chevron parquet, dado panelling, indoor shutters and a black marble fireplace that stands beneath a golden trumeau mirror. Behind, lies a large living room that you reach via two remarkable oak doors elegantly sculpted with mouldings. They lead onto the living room’s Versailles parquet. The room features a pink stone fireplace, wooden panelling and a ceiling embellished with mouldings. At the end of the living room, a splendid oak staircase with a wrought-iron balustrade leads up to the first floor and a lavatory is available to guests.

A library room with a red marble fireplace serves as a passage between the two wings. The wing brightened with light from the east contains service rooms. The fitted kitchen is comfortable and well equipped. It features a smart central island unit. The room’s oak double door with ironwork fittings leads out into the garden. Beyond it lies a utility and linen room and a flight of backstairs that leads up to the first floor.

The first floor
The two flights of stairs lead to five bedrooms, most of which are air-conditioned, and to two bathrooms and a shower room, all of which include a lavatory. The bedrooms have parquet flooring, indoor shutters and dado panelling. Some of them have a fireplace, an alcove and heavy oak doors with mouldings. The bathrooms and shower room have stone cabochon tiling. All the rooms are filled with natural light. They face either south or east and look out over the garden.

The second floor
The main staircase, brightened by a skylight, leads up to the second floor. A landing with a bathroom and lavatory connects to two large bedrooms with parquet flooring and exposed beams. One of these bedrooms is air-conditioned. In the east wing lies a games room and a loft space beyond it.

The cellar
A vaulted cellar extends beneath the south-facing wing. This vaulted cellar contains the house’s technical installations, including a gas boiler. Two vaulted cellars lie in a row beneath the east-facing wing. One of these rooms serves as the house’s wine cellar.