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The farm of Notre-Dame de Corneux Abbey, located in Saint-Broing in Haute-Saône, is an agricultural building built in the first half of the 18th century, around 1720. It originally belonged to Notre-Dame de Corneux Abbey, of which it was a major economic dependency. Organized around a rectangular courtyard, the Basse-Court (formerly called Ménagerie) consists of buildings with distinct functions: farm house to the south, stables to the east and west, and accommodation to the north. The constructions, in masonry of coated limestone bellows, illustrate the monastic utility architecture of the time.

Sold as a national good during the Revolution, the farm changed its status and underwent transformations in the 19th century. Around 1930, a master house was built, partially incorporating an old dovecote. This redesign reflects the changing agricultural and residential uses of the site. The facades and roofs of the Basse-Court are finally listed as historical monuments by order of 29 December 2003, recognizing their heritage value.

The site preserves traces of its monastic and revolutionary past, while showing architectural adaptations related to the agricultural and residential needs of the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Its organized plan and its traditional materials make it a remarkable example of the rural heritage of Burgundy-Franche-Comté, linked to the history of the abbeys and the local peasant life.

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