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Le Clos, also known as the Pavillon Darcieux, is a recreational property isolated by a wall of enclosure, located south of the road from Beaurepaire to Saint-Barthélemy, in the Valloire valley. This small 19th-century park, typical of the old gardens, is distinguished by its old charms, a decorative hill, statues, benches and obelisk. The hunting lodge, consisting of one single room per level, includes a brick and pebble masonry tower on three floors. In the 1920s, an adjoining building was joined, adding stewardship rooms and a terrace inspired by new art.

The property originally belonged to the Gounon-Darcieux family, of which Ange Gounon-Darcieux, mayor of Beaurepaire from 1852, had built a "house" on this plot in 1858, then virgin on the cadastre of 1835. Transferred by bequest to the Countess de la Valette-Chabriol in 1891, it was then acquired by notary Alfred Ferlay in the 1920s, which added modern living spaces. The buildings, decorated with murals, are surrounded by centuries-old trees and an orchard, all classified as Historic Monument in 2021.

The architectural and landscape ensemble of the Clos reflects the tastes of the 19th century rural elites, mixing romantic aesthetics and bourgeois comfort. The decorative elements (status, obelisk) and the layouts (terrace art nouveau) illustrate the evolution of lifestyles and stylistic influences, especially Mediterranean, during this period. The property, although modest in area, thus embodies a microcosm of the aristocratic or bourgeois secondary residences of the Isère.

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