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Boult Castle, located in the commune of Boult in Haute-Saône (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté), is an 18th-century building built around 1745. It replaces an older building, already in ruins in the 15th century. The house, rectangular with pavilions at the ends, preserves decorative elements of the period such as oak panelling and a staircase decorated with statues attributed to architect-sculptor Claude Damien Gardaire. Preceded by terraces on the village side, it opens onto a courtyard framed by stables and a low courtyard including farm and dovecote.

The castle was commissioned by Claude Antoine d'Hennezel according to the plans of Gardaire, then changed owners over the centuries: Antoine Balthazar Tinseau (late eighteenth), Antoine Eléonore Bouzie de Champvans (An XI), JB Faurie de Vienne (1818-1834), and the families Dufournel and then Perthuis after 1861. The park, surrounded by a shaded driveway, houses a factory or cave decorated with mosaics, similar to that of the castle of Ollans. The group, which was listed as historical monuments in 1998, includes the house, stables, cave and park.

The building illustrates 18th-century aristocratic residential architecture in Franche-Comté, mixing agricultural functionality (farm, stables) and aesthetics (indoor scenery, landscaped park). Although not open to the visit, it bears witness to the local heritage, marked by campaigns of works visible in its interior decorations. Its location on a terrace, facing the village church, highlights its symbolic importance in the rural landscape of the time.

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