A 750-m² renovated villa, owned by the same family for the past two centuries, with 4.5 hectares of farmland, a swimming pool and vast grounds, near T
A 750-m² renovated villa, owned by the same family for the past two centuries, with 4.5 hectares of farmland, a swimming pool and vast grounds, near Toulon.
In a town with approximately 15,000 inhabitants, not far from the seaside, the property is located on primarily flat farmland, except for a few small dry-stone wall terraces, in the southwest of the Var department, near Toulon.
The town's historic centre is only two kilometres away, while Toulon and its high-speed rail station with service to Paris are approximately six kilometres away, as are the closest beaches. For further-flung destinations, the Marseille-Provence international airport can be reached in about one hour by car, via the easily accessible motorway.
The property, facing north-south, covers an immense rectangular-shaped area of 4.5 hectares. Accessible from the B road to the south via the main entrance, followed by an olive tree-lined lane of nearly 200 metres, the property also has a second, more discreet entrance, located on its northern side and accessible via a small public road, while two wooded areas can also be found on the property: one to the north, near the buildings and, the other, to the southwest. As for the property, currently used for weddings and seminars, it would also be ideal, after some minimal modifications, as a family residence, a bed and breakfast or charming holiday accommodations.
The edifice, built in 1730 and then meticulously renovated in 2012, displays the classical appearance of a three-storey construction, cadenced by five vertical rows of windows and topped with a hipped roof.
Abutting the northwest side of the villa is a 17th-century building, also renovated, which includes a professional kitchen on its garden level and a caretaker's flat upstairs. As for the villa, it is preceded by a glass entrance porch, which opens onto an entrance hall and includes two living rooms on its garden level, three other sitting rooms, a nuptial suite and a study on the first floor, while the occupant's private living quarters, with four bedrooms and accessible via an independent staircase, are on the second floor. As for its exterior, a large gravel patio runs along the length of the façade and is decorated with a circular ornamental pond, while the swimming pool area is located below to the east of the central drive and, given its size, makes it possible to regularly host wedding receptions under tents that are set up during the summer months. In addition, the two side sitting rooms and the office on the first floor could also be reconverted into bedrooms with lavatories for a total of ten bedrooms in all, including the caretaker's flat.
Lastly, a number of outbuildings are located in the property's wooded section extending to the north of the villa, such as: a garage, storage rooms, a vaulted cellar as well as a giant rainwater tank and an old well.
The VillaBuilt in 1730, the villa obeys all the codes of stately homes from the 18th century: a striking appearance, two upstairs floors, five rows of vertical drop-arched windows, a barrel tile hipped roof lined with a double genoise cornice, painted wooden louvred shutters and vast floor-to-ceiling heights. Adorned with balconies safeguarded by finely crafted wrought-iron guardrails, this elegant dwelling's standout feature is undoubtedly its impressive metal and glass entrance porch. In addition, nearly all the rooms have marble fireplaces in a range of colours and the entire house is cooled by a centralised reversible air-conditioning system.
As for the adjacent square-shaped construction from the 17th century, it has two storeys under a tile gable roof and includes an immense kitchen on its garden level that communicates with the villa's reception rooms, a caretaker's flat on the first floor with a separate entrance as well as a small private garden to the ...
