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Origin and history

The Lebrun House, listed as a Historic Monument, is an emblematic building of Chilly-le-Vignable, in the Jura. Built between the 17th and 19th centuries, it has undergone several major changes over the years. In 1800, the house presented a plan in L, surrounded by a courtyard. Its architecture reflected the domestic and agricultural uses of the period, typical of the rural bourgeois properties of Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

Under the Restoration, Pierre Christophe Lebrun, president of the tribunal of Beaune, undertook major expansion work. He transformed the plan into a U and installed an irrigation canal at the foot of the hillside, thus improving the infrastructures related to viticulture, a dominant activity in the region. These developments reflected the influence of local elites and their role in the evolution of rural landscapes in the early 19th century.

In 1887, an avenue leading to the railway station was created, accompanied by a grid, illustrating the impact of modern transport on private property. Around 1900, a landscaped park was built, while in 1906 a castle and a bathroom were added. Finally, in 1930, the installation of central heating marked a late modernization of the house. The commons, dedicated to viticulture, and the housing upstairs testify to the functional duality of this type of estate.

The house, including its buildings, courtyard, gate and park, was listed in the Historic Monuments by order of 19 July 2006. Today owned by a private company, it retains the traces of its history linked to the judicial aristocracy and the Jurassian wine economy.

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