Vine grower’s cottage in a small Burgundy medieval village
Location
On the heights of a medieval city famous for its abbey and its crypt, 90 minutes from Paris via the TGV train, approx. 60 minutes from Dijon, accessible via TGV train: Montbard, Dijon; A5/A38 motorways. Dijon-Longvic airport.
The house is situated on the ramparts of the village with an unobstructed view over the valley.
This tourist region is notably renowned for its castles in Châteauneuf-en-Auxois, Epoisses and Bussy-Rabutin.
Description
This vine grower’s house is actually two houses adjoining one another with two separate entrances, built over two cellars that are also adjoining. Constructed of ashlar blocks, they have flat tile roofs. The first house dates from 1627-1628 and the second from 1797. The dates 1628 and 1797 are included in the facades.
The entrance room of the first house features a stone fireplace; it is a large room that includes a mezzanine floor. Behind the main room is a small kitchen which leads into a bathroom and toilet. A door opens from this kitchen into the garden of the property.
A small, original wooden door provides access into a lounge with a fireplace that was very likely modified in the 20th century. On the other side of the lounge, a small stairway leads to a hall opening into the second house. Said house includes two bedrooms, one of which has traces of an old mullioned window, the measurements and proportions of which were used to create a new opening in the gable end wall which in the past was blind. The second bedroom also has a large, dressed stone fireplace.
On a lower level is a lounge, a room which was to have been converted into a kitchen and a bedroom with a fireplace.
A terraced garden is surrounded by a low stone wall which ensures the privacy of the property as regards unobtrusive neighbours.
The cellars are relatively spacious. They are built on the village rock. A guardian spirit stone, representing a head or a mask, is inserted in the wall of one of the cellars, and was very likely taken from the city’s Carolingian Abbey.
The two houses comprise a total of 4 bedrooms, 3 rooms or lounges, a kitchen with a second kitchen possible and a bathroom and toilet; together they span approx. 422 m² (4,542 sq ft).
This vine grower’s cottage also has outbuildings with notably a former fermenting room. A porch forms the entrance to this fermenting room, currently transformed into a function room or art gallery.
A farm shed used as a workshop with an upstairs, spanning a surface area of 90 m² (969 sq ft), is to be found behind the former fermenting room.
Various plots of meadows, woods and thickets are also part of the property, giving a total surface area of just over 2 ha (4.94 acres), but it is not continuous.
Our opinion
This former vine grower’s cottage with its two independent entrances, which could form two separate houses if so required, represents a charming retreat in this medieval city with its extremely well-known abbey. It overlooks the valley that is dominated by the medieval city. Its landscape is made up of meadows, woods and a few areas of vines. The window from one of the main bedrooms looks out over said landscape, window seats making it possible to sit and read a good book in front of this panorama, which is disturbed but by birds.
The property is comfortable and sound with a few outstanding renovation works. The carcass is in a very good state of repair. Terracotta or Burgundian tiles cover the floors. Everything is authentic, nothing has been replaced or destroyed.
490 000 €
Our fees are included in the stated sale price.
Reference 2679CB
| Land registry surface area | 2ha 89a 30ca / 7,15 acres |
| Main building surface area | 422,5 m² / 4542 sq ft |
| Outbuilding surface area | 147 m² / 1582 sq ft |
Regional representative
Céline Berrette +33 (0)6 98 65 18 07
NB: The above information is not only the result of our visit to the property; it is also based on information provided by the current owner. It is by no means comprehensive or strictly accurate especially where surface areas and construction dates are concerned. We cannot, therefore, be held liable for any misrepresentation.
