Three entrances open off the main road that runs alongside the property. To the east, a small bridge and an iron gate mark the original entrance; to the south, a second controls access to the former stables; to the north, a third leads to a large car park. Winding beneath the cover of majestic trees, the entrance drive ends at the main house, an imposing 17th-century building raised at the centre of the estate. Set within 4 ha of protected wooded grounds, the chateau forms part of a carefully considered harmony of architecture and landscape.
The house runs east to west, its axis crossing the grounds discreetly from one side to the other. On the west, the facade overlooks a wide open lawn which, with the trees bordering it, forms a perspective centred on a large pond with a central fountain. Two slate-roofed towers flank the facade, and a chapel stands at the south-west corner. The east facade looks onto an ornamental pond facing the entrance door, secluded and animated, enclosed beneath the tree canopy.
The chateau offers around 1,000 m² of floor area, spread over three levels, each of more than 300 m². The facades, of local stone under warm-toned rendering, take their rhythm from regularly spaced windows set in symmetrical bays. Projecting génoise cornices, typical of southern France and of Italian style, underline a new, gently pitched roof of traditional barrel tiles that crowns the building. Built in the 17th century and restored to its original character, the chateau embodies the elegant style of the Tuscan-inspired patrician country houses of the historic province of Languedoc. Its classical architecture holds to a strict symmetry of the facades, with dressed stone featuring prominently in the window and door surrounds.
To the south, an orangery and the former stables complete the chateau, the latter recently converted into contemporary living quarters. Two eco-lodges, hidden in a natural clearing set apart from the grounds, sit perfectly within their planted surroundings. Partly given over to events, together the buildings can accommodate 200 people.

The chateau

The ground floor
From the perron, an entrance lobby precedes the door into a large entrance hall paved with encaustic tiles, from which a grand stone staircase with a wrought-iron railing rises. On the west side, a music room, sitting room, and dining room run en enfilade from the hall over period terracotta floors, beneath imposing groin and pointed vaults in exposed stone. A small room stands in addition at the north corner. The dining room retains a large period basin in Languedoc red marble. Across this level of around 310 m², period marble fireplaces enhance walls in warm tones. Double-glazed windows with fanlights above look out over the grounds on both aspects.
On the east side, two functional kitchens stand on either side of the hall, one private, the other semi-professional, both with tiled walls. A bedroom with an adjoining bathroom occupies the space beneath the main staircase. Four lavatories complete the level, accessible also from outside.
The first floor
A grand staircase, its wrought-iron railing worked with scrolls and armorial cartouches, leads up to this level. The principal level, of nearly 300 m², is organised fluidly around a large mezzanine landing that overlooks the entrance hall, from which a service staircase rises to the level above. Traditional red terracotta tiles cover the floors and moulded fibrous-plaster cornices run beneath the ceilings. Wide small-paned windows topped by glazed fanlights flood the rooms with natural light.
The gallery landing enjoys a generous ceiling height. A richly worked wrought-iron guardrail with a solid timber handrail secures the gallery, giving onto seven generously proportioned bedrooms on either side.
All large and light-filled, opening through French windows over floors of period terracotta or seagrass matting, the bedrooms occupy the east and west sides. Period mouldings run across their high ceilings, with plain paintwork in soft tones on the walls. Each has its own private bathroom or shower room, some en suite, blending period materials with modern comfort: floor tiles and glazed wall tiles, a bathtub and/or shower, twin washbasins, and a separate lavatory. Every one asserts its own character, notably through a countertop in incarnat marble or beige granite, or through a chequerboard ceramic layout in white and ochre yellow.
Among these rooms, a first double bedroom has kept its period features, including a dark marble fireplace surmounted by a large mirror. The wall behind the bed is dressed in painted wooden panelling with recessed niches. A second master bedroom contains a sitting area and an alcove. Lastly, a further bedroom with a seating area, laid out lengthwise, displays timber dado panelling on its lower walls. A utility room makes a practical addition to the level.
The second floor
Two staircases, one on either side of the large landing-cum-sitting room, reach this top level of 290 m², which comprises four self-contained apartments, one bedroom, and one study. Landings and passageways have kept the chateau's historic imprint, notably a floor of terracotta tiles laid diagonally and bordered by timber skirtings. Plaster and paint in light neutral tones cover the walls.
The layout divides the level into several dwellings and well-planned private areas, finely combining original architectural character, rooted in the authenticity of period materials, with contemporary comfort.
Apartment 1, around 63 m², occupies the south-west part, with a large living room-kitchen of nearly 34 m², a bedroom of more than 19 m², a bathroom with lavatory, and a hallway. To the north-west, apartment 2 covers around 58 m² and holds a living-kitchen area of more than 32 m², a bedroom of around 15 m², a hallway, and a shower room with lavatory. Apartment 3, roughly 38 m², occupies the north-east and brings together a living room of around 28 m², a bedroom, a shower room, and a lavatory. Facing east, apartment 4 covers around 60 m² and enjoys the same qualities.
At the centre of the level, a bedroom of nearly 20 m² has laminate flooring with a pale wood appearance and white-painted walls. A last bedroom-study of around 15 m² completes the level, its imitation-wood flooring alternating with terracotta tiles.
In the living areas, ochre terracotta tiles laid diagonally or in a grid pattern cover the floors and lend a southern warmth. Sprung wood flooring takes over in the parts converted into kitchens. In the bedrooms, warm wood flooring or terracotta tiles cover the floors, and plain tones cover the walls, painted white or picked out with panels of colour. The sloping ceilings show exposed roof timbers or a plain limewashed finish.
Ceramic takes pride of place in the bathrooms. One shows encaustic tiles or glazed tiles with colourful, shimmering geometric patterns, another travertine cladding in beige tones. Tiles or wood-effect boards cover their floors, low dividing walls set off bathtubs built in or tucked into a corner, washbasin units hang from the wall or stand on pale timber legs, and every one of these rooms has a separate lavatory.
Throughout the level, numerous renovated double-glazed windows bring plenty of natural light and open views over the surroundings.
Wall-mounted reversible split-system air conditioning provides modern comfort throughout the level. Ideal for fully independent guest accommodation or life with a large family.

The former stables

South of the chateau, the former stables have been converted into living quarters. The building covers some 340 m² and combines the rigour of its original architecture with a pared-back contemporary treatment, its walls of brushed dressed stone and exposed rubble stone. The external woodwork comprises solid swing doors and dark grey stained timber shutters sliding on rails.

The ground floor
A large double-height reception room forms the heart of the ground floor, running through the full width of the building and opening directly onto the private tree-planted garden. Large grey porcelain stoneware tiles pave the floor. Dressed stone and brushed rubble stone stand exposed on the perimeter walls, structured by an imposing black steel I-beam, underlined by steel joists in a pronounced industrial register, amplified by full-height steel-framed glazed doors in workshop-window style opening towards the garden. At the centre, a black steel suspended hearth floats above a square base of polished concrete. Set back from the reception room, an open-plan kitchen with a central island and timber units occupies one corner.

The level also includes a bedroom-study, a bathroom, a boot room, and a mechanical room.
The upstairs
Terracotta and timber set the tone in the sleeping area, the cool mineral quality of the tiles playing against the warmth of the exposed beams. A winder staircase, finished in white render with stair nosings of patinated timber, leads up to this level. Architectural authenticity has been preserved under the roof slope without concession to contemporary comfort. Rectangular terracotta tiles cover all floors. Clean white walls set off the exposed roof structure. Neutral-toned wall linings contrast with the original dressed-stone window surrounds.

Raised by two steps, the landing gives smoothly onto the bedrooms and bathrooms.

To the left, the main bedroom opens directly through a wide aluminium sliding glazed door onto a recessed roof terrace, from which the view takes in the full extent of the grounds. A walk-in wardrobe occupies the rear. A bathroom holds a Japanese soaking tub of raw timber bound with steel hoops, and a lavatory.

A second bedroom, also to the left, has its own shower room.

The third bedroom opens en enfilade from the landing and now serves as a dressing room.