- IN ITS JUICE - ELEGANT 18th C. CHATEAU OF GREAT APPEARANCE REMARKABLY PRESERVED - ON A SOUTH-WEST ORIENTED MOUND - VIEW - SUMPTUOUS DECORATIVE PROGRAM - RARE NYMPHEE ROCAILLE - 5HA- TO BE COMPLETELY RESTORED - MH REGISTERED - BESANCON - DOUBS. On a mound overlooking the village opposite the church, this very elegant castle stands on its large terrace lined with balustrades offering a beautiful view from all sides facing a majestic perspective. Built around 1745 and attributed to the architect and sculptor Claude-Damien Gardaire (1703-1771) author of the Agay hotel, Boitouset hotel, current archbishopric of Besançon, this residence is in a beautiful state of authenticity and has preserved its high-quality interior decoration elements, Versailles parquet floors, woodwork, door frames, 18th century regional marble fireplaces as well as a very spectacular Chailluz stone staircase decorated with monumental sculptures in the round. The rectangular castle has two large, almost identical symmetrical facades, one south-west overlooking the valley and the village, one to the north-east on the park side, formed by a central body slightly set back between two corner pavilions under hipped roofs. The quality of implementation is beautiful, the slightly arched segmental arch windows are highlighted with elegant keystone frames. On the park side, two bull's eye windows and a dormer window, on the village side, an elegant two-flight horseshoe staircase. Inside, a superb and very large entrance hall on stone slabs, a large flight of stairs with a very beautiful 18th century wrought iron banister, superb stereotomy in Chailluz stone, the first floor forming a large decorated hall of four spectacular life-size sculptures in the round in niches representing the allegories of Spring, Autumn, Summer and a flutist by Claude-Damien Gardaire (1703-1771), architect and sculptor who is also said to have given the plans of the castle and gardens. A superb series of living rooms on the south side, a large central living room opening onto a porch with two flights of stairs via a French window, low paneling, fireplace decorated with an oval medallion depicting cherubs, chevron flooring, three double doors in a row. A very beautiful living room decorated with Louis XVI period woodwork refinished in blue gray with superb door tops carved with medallions with antique women's profiles, garlands of flowers, laurels, 19th century fireplace, 18th century coffered floor. A small living room with 18th century woodwork refinished in blue gray, 19th century fireplace. A small unfinished apartment, two rooms on 2 levels, project for a small kitchen, bathroom. To the North-East on the south facade, a small living room with marble fireplace, beautiful 19th century Versailles fireplace woodwork. A small living room with single-storey access to the north gable, 20th century tiled floor. A small apartment, bathroom, 20th century service staircase. North facade, to the West, a living room without decoration, an old kitchen with tiled floors, a service corridor with stone slabs. Wc. A large kitchen with a stone slab floor with a fireplace decorated with a cast iron plaque in the shape of a portico dated 1698, a French window opening onto the courtyard side façade, large wood-panelled cupboards in the corridor. Upstairs, the vast hall opening onto the wrought iron banister is decorated with sumptuous and monumental sculptures in niches, checkerboard floor in two types of wood. A row of 18th century lounges, a large central lounge on the south side, superb 18th century woodwork, fir flooring, three large double doors. A living room decorated with 18th century woodwork, 19th century fireplace, pitch pine floor with large nailed slats, a neoclassical trumeau in the Regency style, large double door in a row. At the south-west corner a small living room with 18th century scalloped woodwork in beige trumeau tones in the Regency style, regional marble fireplace in Louis XIV 18th century style, collective toilets from the 1950s. . A sumptuous and very large living room, possibly forming a ballroom, crossing North-South decorated with 18th century woodwork with Regency style decorations, exceptional suite of six doors including four double doors facing each other, two very beautiful fireplaces, one in Regency style from the 18th century in regional marble, the other 19th century also in regional marble, wide slatted floor. To the South-East, an alcove bedroom forming a fun box, 18th century marble fireplace in Regency style trumeau with music trophy from the Louis XVI period. Service staircase on the South-East gable. North-West corner small antechamber living room decorated with very beautiful 18th century woodwork, hidden door, double door opening onto the large through living room. Two small service mezzanines. Sumptuous and very rare original oak frame with an impressive volume, triple triangulated by three levels of tie beams, flat tile roofing typical of Franche-Comté, almost waterproof. 18th century tiled floor. Very beautiful and high vaulted cellar. Forced air heating system with outdated heater. Oil central heating partially in the castle, without guarantee of operation. Park of 5 hectares free and partly enclosed by walls. Very beautiful nymphaeum decorated with 18th century rockeries in the style of Chinoiserie. The facade decorated with a palm tree under a triangular pediment, a semi-circular door. The interior is decorated with an extraordinary polychrome rocaille decoration of gravel and shells, featuring vine scrolls, pineapples, rocaille vases, Chinese pagodas, rocaille petrifications, trellis evoking a kiosk with overhead lighting. Two symmetrical outbuildings in the courtyard, one old, the other 20th century, garages, staff quarters in its original 18th century style, sink and stone floor. Kennel. Pavilion forming a tower at the entrance. Beautiful entrance pillars. Terraced garden, stairs. Tight. Registered Historic Monument: Entire main building; old stables and farm (facades and roofs); so-called cave factory, in its entirety; park, fence walls and gates. Situation, - 20km from Besançon. - In a small village, first shops and services, bakery, town hall. - 14km all shops and services. - 400km from Paris, 4 hours by car, 2h45 by train. - 200km from Geneva. 150km from Lausanne. 170km from Basel. - 100km from Dijon. - Price: 857,600 Euros fees included (including 6.72% fees payable by the buyer). Historical note: This remarkable castle is located in the Ognon valley, rich in castles from this period and the work of Claude-Damien Gardaire (1703-1771), in fact Besançon was only attached to France in 1678. occasion of the Treaty of Nymegen, a parliament taking place there, the parliamentarians had private mansions built in the city and vacation castles in the countryside; it is one of these that we are dealing with. Claude-Damien Gardaire (1703-1771), son of a carpenter, became a sculptor then an architect, having great success with the Bisontine elite, he notably created his masterpiece the Hôtel d'Agay, also known as Hôtel Boitouset, current archbishopric of Besançon which is perhaps one of the most original civil buildings in Eastern France in the 18th century due to its turbulent facade. Information on the risks to which this property is exposed is available on the Géorisques website: www.georisques.gouv.fr
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