SABRAN, Languedoc-Roussillon, Address available on request

An old farmhouse in a hamlet, with courtyards, a garden and chapel in Sabran, in the Gard provençal. The property is made up of a succession of buildings which were built starting in the 18th century. They originally formed a hamlet owned by a single owner. It is bordered to the north by vineyards going up to the nearby hills, and to the south and west by the village. The main building, located in the northern part of the hamlet, stretches from east to west. It was split in two and more than half of the original building is now part of the complex that forms the property to the north-east. The evolution of the building, which surrounds a courtyard to the east, has followed the changes to the farming carried out: livestock, silk farming and viticulture. There was a silkworm farm, cellars used as stables and wine vats on the ground floor of the former silkworm farm, in the later perpendicular building separating the east courtyard from the west courtyard in the hamlet. The various buildings are one storey high, solidly built on a dozen or so vaulted cellars used for a variety of purposes. The exterior walls are jointed surface limestone, with the exception of the north facade, where the stonework is covered with traditional lime rendering. The various buildings are mainly covered with gable roofs with canal tiles.