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House or residence called "The Castle" à Saulx en Haute-Saône

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château

House or residence called "The Castle"

    Route Nationale
    70240 Saulx
Private property; property of the municipality
Crédit photo : A.BourgeoisP - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1900
2000
3e quart XVIIIe siècle - 1er quart XIXe siècle
Construction of the castle
1er juillet 1991
Partial classification and registration
4 décembre 2013
Registration of the old park
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The living room on the first floor with its decor of panelling and wallpaper (cad. AB 145, 146): classification by order of 1 July 1991 - The residence (except for a classified living room) , including its press in the southern dependence of the courtyard, its dovecote, the street gate and its gate and the gate of the garden (cad. AB 145, 146): inscription by order of 1 July 1991 - The park of the house in its ancient configuration (cad. AB 466, 462 to 465): registration by decree of 4 December 2013

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Origin and history

The house or residence called "Le Château", located in Saulx in Haute-Saône, is a building built between the 3rd quarter of the 18th century and the 1st quarter of the 19th century. This monument is distinguished by its living room on the first floor, decorated with panelling and wallpapers made by the Joseph Dufour and Cie manufacture, a rare testimony of decorative art of the time. The estate also includes a press, a dovecote, as well as wrought iron gates, characteristic elements of the bourgeois or seigneurial properties of the region.

The castle has been the subject of successive protections: its living room was classified as historical monuments in 1991 for its exceptional decoration, while the rest of the house, including its outbuildings and portals, was registered the same year. In 2013, the old park, marked by a closed rectangular garden, a water room and a unique stone fence in Franche-Comté, was also registered. These measures highlight the heritage value of the site, both for its architecture and for its landscaping.

Although the property is now shared between private hands and the commune, its history reflects the evolution of aristocratic or bourgeois residences in Burgundy-Franche-Comté. The fence of the park, consisting of stone poles drilled for wooden barriers, is a rare example in the region, illustrating the local techniques of delimitation of spaces at the turn of the 19th century. No information is available on the original owners or the precise uses of the castle before its protection.

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