Thanks to its environment and impeccable preservation, the property enjoys a verdant setting where a river still supplies water to the mill. From a secondary B road, a lane winds its way through a forest of live oaks, before reaching the mill, built in a clearing at the top of a small hill and accessible via a carriage entrance at the end of a gravel drive. Shielded by a curtain of vegetation, a peaceful river borders one side of the property’s fertile grounds, while, a little further on, a wooden pedestrian gate, located at the top of a flight of stone steps and framed by two cypresses, opens on to the swimming pool area, concealed from view by a pointed stone building on one side and a hedge on the other. In addition, behind the carriage entrance, three buildings, one of which is placed at a right angle, are grouped around a central cobblestone courtyard, which is closed off on one side by a low stone wall overlooking the grounds. Topped with barrel tile roofs, the one crowning the main dwelling is highlighted by a double genoise cornice.

The Main Dwelling

Another low wall separates the three-storey main dwelling from two pointed stone buildings located to one side. As for the impressive former mill, it features a plaster-coated exterior with windows safeguarded by wooden shutters, while alongside a low wall, a staircase provides access to the patio off of a kitchen, facing south. Shaded by an arbour and slightly elevated in terms of the ground floors of the other two buildings, it provides access to the kitchen via two sets of glass double doors, whereas the house’s front door is protected by a porch roof, illuminated with outdoor lighting and located at the top of an exterior staircase abutting the building’s eastern exterior overlooking the grounds.

The ground floor
Accessible via two sets of glass double doors from the side patio, a modern kitchen, sizeable and sunny, thanks to its dual exposure with an additional window that faces the grounds, is cadenced by a central island, a range cooker and many cupboards built into the house’s thick walls. In addition, an extractor hood was concealed within the flue of a former fireplace and its original ceiling beams have been left visible as have the stones framing the opening towards the hallway that leads to the other rooms on this level, the floors of which are covered in travertine marble.
A little further on, a flight of steps, safeguarded by a wrought-iron handrail, provides access to an immense living room topped with a pitched ceiling, whose massive central wooden post recalls the building’s local character. As for the room, with thick stone walls, it is bathed in light by a set of glass double doors that give on to the patio facing the swimming pool as well as two other windows looking out over the grounds and meadow, while a fireplace with a traditional stone mantel and a plaster-coated, Provencal masonry flue represents the room’s main focal point.
Directly opposite, a second living room, smaller in size and accessible via the house’s solid walnut front door topped with a fanlight, is used as a winter sitting area. Featuring a wide fireplace with a wood-burning stove, which is used to heat the space, to one side a cloakroom was created, while two doorways located on either side of the fireplace provide glimpses of the last two rooms on the ground floor: a dining room and a study, elongated in appearance, topped with exposed ceiling beams and bathed in light by a single window to the north. Lastly, a guest lavatory was installed under the staircase, located not far from the front door, which ascends to the house’s first floor.
The first floor
Built under the eaves, this level includes four bedrooms, a study, three bathrooms with lavatories as well as a shower room adjacent to the main bedroom. Each room is bathed in light by windows that allow plenty of natural light to enter these spaces as well as provide pleasant ventilation, while, the spacious main bedroom, topped with a ceiling clad in ancient terracotta tiles, abuts a wardrobe and enjoys unobstructed views of the grounds thanks to its dual-aspect windows.
Right next door, an immense bedroom communicates with a bathroom located on the lower half-level, whereas a small corridor leads to a large study, facing the grounds behind the dwelling, which also communicates with an adjacent room, a level below, ideal as either a reading room or a guest bedroom and bathed in light by a window facing the grounds as well as a skylight. In addition, another bedroom, next to the study, not only has its own private bathroom located on the half-floor, but faces a third bathroom as well.
With terracotta floor tiles in all of the bedrooms, except the main one, the bathrooms, with limestone tile floors, are decorated with pointed stone walls, while an exterior staircase provides direct access to the grounds.
The garden-level floor
The ground floor communicates with the cellars on this level, which can also be reached via a door from the grounds, while the other spaces on this floor are only accessible from the outside. In addition, two vaulted rooms from the former mill, slightly elevated in terms of the grounds, still contain their original wooden doors: the first room, windowless, was once used for olive oil production, while, next door, the second room, reserved for the milling of grain, is illuminated by two windows facing the mountain. Featuring some of their original equipment and, specifically, the stone grinding wheel, the two rooms, which stay cool even in the hot summer months, have flagstone floors and are now used for either recreational activities or relaxation purposes.
As for the second vaulted room, it provides access to the northern side of the house, where an antechamber opens on to a space that has been transformed into a spa. Raised up on a platform, it opens directly on to the grounds, while, on the other side of the antechamber, an immense summer kitchen with two skylights, fitted within its exposed rafters, a vast atelier window and two sets of glass double doors, facing the grounds, could be used as an orangery in the winter months. Last, but not least, along the building’s southern exterior and facing the grounds, a furnace room is located next to the first vaulted cellar, as well as an adjoining outbuilding used to store tools, both of which have their own independent entrances.