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The fortified house of Neuvelle, located in Ladoix-Serrigny in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, is an ancient fortified house dating from the 14th and 16th centuries. Isolated one kilometre east of the village of Serrigny, it is located in the heart of the hamlet of Neuvelle. This building, which is now part of a farm, retains architectural elements typical of burgundy strong houses, such as an octagonal staircase turret and clovered lintel bays.

In 1474, Jean de Fussey, lord of Sivry-en-Montagne, inherited the house of Neuvelle from the Count of Charny. A century later, in 1548, Charles de Fussey, lord of Serrigny, lived there after the ruin of his own castle. The site then passed into several hands, notably those of Anne Thiroux, widow of Abraham Grozelier, bourgeois of Beaune, in 1637. In the 18th century, Abbé Court Sword still mentions the ruins of a Saint-Rémi chapel on the estate.

The last notable vestige of the fort house is a one-storey rectangular building with a west façade decorated with a clovered lintel bay and a semi-outwork staircase turret. The other more recent constructions of the farm frame a large courtyard. The ensemble, including the oven chamber, has been listed for historical monuments since 8 October 1992.

Architecturally, the site consists of four agricultural buildings organised around a courtyard. The main building, made of coated stone bellows, features a hipped roof covered with flat tiles, with triangular pediments. A five-sided turret, with a roof in the pavilion, houses a rotating staircase leading to the floors. The sheds, with facades opened by carriage doors, complement this rural complex marked by history.

The location of Neuvelle, close to Beaune and in the wine region of the Côte d'Or, highlights its historical importance as a seigneurial anchor. Architectural transformations, especially in the 16th and 17th centuries, reflect the social and economic developments of Burgundy, between feudal decline and the growth of agricultural and bourgeois activities.

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