Calle Carmen, 4 · Plaza Plateros · Jerez de la Frontera
Stone walls, high ceilings and the iron gate that opens into the house.
Five levels around a courtyard covered by a large glazed lantern.
From the neo-Gothic tower, the Cathedral, the Alcázar and the rooftops of the historic centre.
In the very heart of Jerez's old town, presiding over the entrance to Calle Sedería from Plaza Plateros, stands this 19th-century palace house: 637 m² built over five levels arranged around a central courtyard covered by a large glazed lantern.
It retains what makes these houses unique: ashlar stone walls, high ceilings, hydraulic tile floors, wrought-iron grilles and a neo-Gothic tower with stained-glass windows, the work of architect Agustín García Ruiz, from which the whole city can be seen.
On the ground floor, two commercial premises with independent access from different streets accompany the house and provide an income.
It is a house for a family that wants to live in the centre of Jerez with space and character, and also an exceptional base for a mixed-use project.
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| Usable | Built | |
|---|---|---|
| Ground floor · home and two commercial premises | 190,47 m² | 262,74 m² |
| First floor | 172,12 m² | 225,15 m² |
| Second floor | 105,14 m² | 132,43 m² |
| Rooftop terrace · access to the towerThe rest of the floor is an open rooftop terrace | 8,38 m² | 14,60 m² |
| Lookout tower | 1,53 m² | 1,96 m² |
| Area according to the Land Registry (Catastro)Total built area | 637 m² | |
Usable is the floor area you walk on, inside the walls.
Built adds the walls and partitions of the home.
Catastro is the area recorded in the Spanish Land Registry: it usually also includes a share of the building's common areas, and it is the basis for the annual property tax (IBI).
Floor areas measured from the plan. The 637 m² built include the two ground-floor commercial premises (87,43 m² and 39,85 m² usable).
Viewings are by appointment and I'll accompany you myself.
Book a viewing →From the street to the lookout: the commercial premises and the entrance hall at street level, the bedrooms around the courtyard gallery, the second floor, the rooftop terrace with the lantern and, right at the top, the tower. Keep scrolling and the house lights up floor by floor.
Choose a floor and click a room on the plan or in the list to see its photographs.
I have prepared a floor-by-floor layout proposal, with a visualisation of every room: a large living-dining room on the ground floor, suites with bathroom and dressing room on the first floor, and a second floor dedicated to leisure. If you would like to see it, just ask and I will send it to you.
Carmen 4 bears the signature of Agustín García Ruiz, one of the great names of 19th-century Jerez architecture. He raised it around 1850 as a house-warehouse for Don Pedro Mier Terán, on the corner formed by Calle Francos, Calle Sedería and Calle Carmen opposite Plaza Plateros. The Catastro dates it to 1860.
Trained in the guild tradition as a bricklayer and building foreman, García Ruiz obtained the title of master builder from the Real Academia de San Fernando in 1841 and in 1847 stood for the post of municipal architect of the city. His buildings, eclectic in style, are recognised by their perfectly worked ashlar stone, their heavily moulded cornices and their sense of proportion and slenderness.
The house has three facades, all of ashlar stone: three doors and three balconies onto Francos and Carmen, and five doors and five symmetrical balconies onto Sedería. Above it rises its most distinctive feature, a neo-Gothic tower with stained-glass windows that the literature on 19th-century Jerez highlights among the houses of the area.
One of the few palace houses in the centre to retain its lookout tower.
A master builder certified by the Real Academia de San Fernando since 1841, he designed some of the most recognisable houses of Isabelline Jerez, such as the palace house at 5-7 Calle Porvenir (1855-1857). His works “do not go unnoticed in Jerez architecture.”
Pointed arches, tracery, fine wood, iron and stained glass. Lookout towers were much coveted by the 19th-century bourgeoisie: they allowed one to see without being seen, to have light and to follow the life of the square. Today few houses in the centre retain one.
Facades onto Francos, Sedería and Carmen, with ashlar stone, wrought-iron balconies and enclosed balconies. The entrance doorway on Calle Carmen appears reproduced in the monograph on his work.
It began as the house-warehouse of a merchant and its ground floor has been a meeting point for trade in the centre ever since, in a square that was already a market in Almohad Jerez.
A step away from the house, the Gothic-Mudéjar tower that the town council raised in the mid-15th century: it served as a watchtower and held the city's first clock. · 80 m
The great tower of San Miguel, in the neighbourhood where Lola Flores was born. · 500 m
Through the palm trees appears the Almohad Alcázar and, behind it, the warehouses of González Byass, the bodega of Tío Pepe. · 380 y 540 m
The dome of the Cathedral presides over the sunsets. Behind it, the hills of the countryside. · 300 m
Next to the house, the dome of the Carmen basilica, which gives the street its name. Further on, San Mateo, one of the oldest parishes in Jerez. · 50 y 620 m
The tower of Santiago, in the neighbourhood that is the cradle of Jerez flamenco song. · 590 m
Very close by, the Gothic church of San Marcos, among the first parishes of the Christian city. · 170 m
From the top of the tower, a complete turn around the historic centre: the Cathedral, the Alcázar, the towers of the oldest parishes and the rooftops of the city. Keep scrolling and turn with the page.
Down below, the terraces of the tabancos, the coming and going of Plaza Plateros and the streets that still carry the names of the old trades: Sedería, Chapinería, Tornería.
Beneath this square stood the alcaicería and the alhóndiga of Almohad Jerez.
The house looks out over one of the oldest squares in Jerez: a souk in the Almohad city, a square of trades in the Castilian one, and today the heart of the tabancos.
In Almohad Jerez this area, the Plaza del Aljaifar, brought together the alcaicería, the market for luxury goods, and the alhóndiga, where merchants arriving from outside lodged and traded.
Alfonso X definitively incorporated the city into the Crown of Castile. Tradition dates the entry to 9 October, the day of San Dionisio, patron saint of Jerez, who gives his name to the church presiding over the square.
In the mid-15th century, the town council raised the Torre de la Atalaya next to San Dionisio, with the city's first clock and a watch over the horizon: its smoke signals warned of Barbary raids on the coast.
The council met next to San Dionisio until, in 1575, it opened the Cabildo in the nearby Plaza de la Asunción. The surrounding streets keep the names of the guilds: Sedería, Chapinería, Tornería, Carpintería.
Agustín García Ruiz built on the corner of Francos, Sedería and Carmen the house-warehouse of Don Pedro Mier Terán, with three ashlar facades and a neo-Gothic tower overlooking the square.
The bell that rang by itself
Legend has it that on the day Jerez surrendered to Alfonso X, the bell of the Torre de la Atalaya began to ring by itself.
Sources: Sources: Jerez sin Fronteras · La plaza Plateros; Jerez por bulerías · Plaza Plateros; Torre de la Atalaya; Conquista de Jerez de la Frontera; Desde la ciudad olvidada · Arquitectura isabelina en Jerez; VoiceMap · Torre de la Atalaya y Plaza Plateros; Catastro (year of construction).
The house is in Plaza Plateros, between the Cathedral, the Mercado Central de Abastos and Calle Larga. It is the Jerez of the tabancos, the churches and the bodegas, and also the one of the everyday shops and services.
The tabancos of the square are right on the doorstep. The Mercado de Abastos, the Cathedral, the Alcázar and Calle Larga are less than ten minutes' walk away.
González Byass, Fundador and Lustau are a short stroll away. Wine is part of everyday life in the neighbourhood.
The San Dionisio health centre is about 4 minutes away, schools under ten, and pharmacies in the nearby squares.
Train station about 20 minutes on foot, Jerez airport about 20 minutes by car and the beaches of El Puerto de Santa María about half an hour away.
Choose a category and click any point: the map draws the walking route from the property, with the distance and minutes on foot.
Approximate walking distances via the street from the house; those for the beach, the airport and Seville are by road.
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At 4 Calle Carmen, on the corner of Plaza Plateros, right in the historic centre of Jerez de la Frontera. The Cathedral and the Alcázar are about five minutes' walk away and the Mercado Central de Abastos is six.
636.88 m² built and 477.64 m² usable over five levels: ground floor, first floor, second floor, rooftop terrace and lookout tower. The ground floor includes two commercial premises with independent access.
Yes. The listing (architectural conservation) allows the interior to be rearranged and structural elements to be replaced using the original construction systems. The facade, the main staircase, the courtyard with its galleries and the distinctive ceilings and decorative features are preserved.
Yes. Because it is listed, the general plan declares it compliant: the floors above the maximum height for the area allow the same uses as the rest.
They are independent of the home, with access from different streets. One is let and the other is delivered vacant. They provide an income and allow the home to be renovated without interrupting it.
Yes. I have prepared a floor-by-floor layout proposal, with visualisations of every room. Just ask and I will send it to you.
A for consumption (10,2 kWh/m² per year) and B for emissions (3,4 kg CO₂/m² per year). Heating is individual electric.
By appointment and accompanied by me. If you are coming from outside Jerez, we can arrange it so you see the house and its surroundings on the same day.
Viewings are always by appointment, and I accompany you personally. Leave me your details and tell me whether you would like to visit or just need more information: I will reply personally.
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The information on this page is for guidance only and is not contractual; floor areas measured from the plan. Price excludes taxes and purchase costs. History of the house: bibliography on the work of Agustín García Ruiz and a heritage guide to the San Dionisio neighbourhood, with documentation from the Jerez Municipal Archive; year of construction according to the Catastro. Neighbourhood data: © OpenStreetMap contributors. This document was prepared with the support of artificial intelligence tools, under the professional supervision and review of Yolanda González.