Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 84000

A 170m ground-floor apartment with a garden, listed as a historical monument for its refined wallpaper paintings, nestled between Avignon and Saint-Rmy-de-Provence. The apartment lies on the ground floor of the Htel Senchon de Bournissac - a jewel in the crown of the town's rich architectural heritage. At the start of the 18th century, Franois Senchon, a lawyer at the Parlement of Provence in the city of Aix-en-Provence, acquired some plots in this small town. These plots surrounded a courtyard. Here, Senchon began building his grand house in a calm spot far from urban bustle.Beyond a tall three-storey facade with a symmetrical arrangement of windows, a spacious stairwell with a fine balustrade connects to rooms with French-style beamed ceilings and offers a remarkable example of 18th-century architecture.Later, in the 19th century, thanks to the prosperity of the Senchon de Bournissac family, the elegant edifice was extended: a wing was built alongside the garden, its ground floor forming a vast gallery-like room. Today, this apartment lies in this extension.Remarkable decorative features inside also date back to this period. For example, in the two connecting rooms that look out at the street, the refined wallpaper paintings are still intact and ornate plaster works embellish the fireplace trumeau panels and the decorative panels above the doorways. The beauty and rarity of these decorative features prompted France's cultural heritage authorities to register this apartment and other parts of the Htel Senchon de Bournissac as a listed historical monument by decree on 29 August 2000.