Isolated building that comes from the refurbishment of a farmhouse. It is composed of ground floor, floor and attic. The façades are flat, with a symmetrical composition. The roof is two-sided, and a lookout tower protrudes from it, finished with a four-sided roof, with a powerful eaves and a barbican crowned by interesting bars.
It is a work renovated by M. J. Raspall, carried out in 1908, and belongs to his modernist period. If it weren't for the baroque play of ceramics and brick and the warm tone of the whole, this would be the closest Raspallian work to Puig i Cadafalch's white popularist series.
Can Xammar de Dalt was initially a small farm that through the generations increased its properties until it came to possess a large heritage. In the 15th century the property of the Mas included all the land in the upper part of L’Ametlla, from Serrat de l'Ocata to Mas Antoja and from Mas Bosquets to Mas Forns. This great heritage gave the Xammar family a great social category. Until the beginning of our century, the Xammar house was a typical south-facing farmhouse with a two-sided roof, ground floor, floor and attic. On the façade there was an arched door and Gothic windows. Above the portal there was a stone indicating the year 1643. The farmhouse had been extended and improved.
In 1906 the entire property was sold to Mr. Joan Millet. The new owner modified the exterior structure of the farmhouse. Inside, the farmhouse underwent few modifications and in general the compartments and rooms it had were preserved. In 1910 Joan Millet had to sell the farm to J. Sindreu.
The refurbishment of Mas Xammar de Dalt was much discussed and criticised at the time by the people of L'Ametlla, who did not approve.
Irregular-plan farmhouse with an interior structure consisting of three rooms, ground floor, two floors and attic. The roof is two-sided, and a lookout tower protrudes from it, finished with a four-sided roof with a powerful eaves and barbican crowned by interesting bars.
Its original structure probably dates to the 14th century, although in 1643 it was the subject of an important refurbishment. However, the current appearance is the result of the comprehensive remodeling carried out by the modernist architect Manel Joaquim Raspall in 1908.
The main façade integrates some Gothic elements, such as the vaulted portal and the twined and canopied windows on the first floor, with broken and ceramic work that is complemented by wrought iron work on the windows and balconies. The interior follows the structure of a noble farmhouse of the 16th and 17th centuries, but with the reformulation of several spaces under a modernist lens, with decorative elements with Catalanist symbolism: the dragon, the four bars, and the Virgin Montserrat.
In 1908, Joan Millet commissioned the modernist architect Manel Joaquim Raspall to carry out a comprehensive remodeling in accordance with the style of the time. The addition of pinnacles to the gable and the lookout tower, typical of modernist garden houses, is noteworthy.
Agricultural infrastructures:
- The old pond: located about 120 m to the north-west of the house, its function was to water the nearest fields. The pool, which remains abandoned, is rectangular in shape, approximately 15 m long and 7 m wide, and its interior is on two levels. At the end of the 50s, it was converted into a swimming pool shared by the two Millet brothers (Fèlix and Joan). Next to the pool there is an original building, also abandoned, where the showers and changing rooms for the pool are located.
