THE GROUNDS

Where the estate learned its name.

Where the estate learned its name.

Where the estate learned its name.

A private Provençal acreage of orchards, old waterlines, quarried stone and four residences drawn from the same ground.

A private Provençal acreage of orchards, old waterlines, quarried stone and four residences drawn from the same ground.

A private Provençal acreage of orchards, old waterlines, quarried stone and four residences drawn from the same ground.

EST. 1898 / RESTORED 2026

Named for Joel Vraxis, the stonemason’s son who bought the ridge and planted the first orchards by hand.

Before Vraxisville was an address, it was a working piece of Provence.

Before Vraxisville was an address, it was a working piece of Provence.

Before Vraxisville was an address, it was a working piece of Provence.

Joel Vraxis arrived at the southern ridge in 1898 to repair the collapsed terrace walls of a forgotten olive farm. He stayed for the light. Over the next two decades, he cut narrow paths between the groves, fed rainwater into a stone cistern, and marked the four natural clearings that would later become the estate’s residences. Locals began calling the place Vraxis-ville: not a village, exactly, but a small world shaped by one family’s patience.

Joel Vraxis arrived at the southern ridge in 1898 to repair the collapsed terrace walls of a forgotten olive farm. He stayed for the light. Over the next two decades, he cut narrow paths between the groves, fed rainwater into a stone cistern, and marked the four natural clearings that would later become the estate’s residences. Locals began calling the place Vraxis-ville: not a village, exactly, but a small world shaped by one family’s patience.

Joel Vraxis arrived at the southern ridge in 1898 to repair the collapsed terrace walls of a forgotten olive farm. He stayed for the light. Over the next two decades, he cut narrow paths between the groves, fed rainwater into a stone cistern, and marked the four natural clearings that would later become the estate’s residences. Locals began calling the place Vraxis-ville: not a village, exactly, but a small world shaped by one family’s patience.

47 hectares

47 hectares

47 hectares

A stepped estate of orchard, meadow, watercourse and limestone ridge, with no residence visible from another after dusk.

Hand-moulded terre cuite

Hand-moulded terre cuite

Hand-moulded terre cuite

Reclaimed Provençal bricks from a collapsed kiln near Apt were cut thin and used for hearths, threshold reveals and garden walls.

Limestone, oak, limewash

Limestone, oak, limewash

Limestone, oak, limewash

The walls reuse fieldstone lifted from the site; doors and beams are blackened oak sealed with beeswax and ash.

Four designs, one ground language.

Four designs, one ground language.

Four designs, one ground language.

Orchid House

Orchid House

Old garden brick, pale lime plaster and green oak lintels soften the glasshouse edge beside the orchard path.

Cliff Room

Cliff Room

Darker fieldstone, charcoal mortar and exposed concrete tie the room back into the wind-cut ridge.

Water Suite

Water Suite

Thin terracotta brick lines the bathing court, chosen because it holds afternoon warmth after the pool goes dark.

Garden Studio

Garden Studio

The smallest house uses honey limestone and brick returns around every opening, keeping it close to the earth.

The north orchard, where the first terraces were rebuilt.

A quarry-cut court used as the material reference for every residence.

The southern rise at the hour Joel Vraxis called “the long gold.”

The grounds are not a backdrop. They are the plan.

The grounds are not a backdrop. They are the plan.

The grounds are not a backdrop. They are the plan.

VRAXISVILLE

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