Dole, Franche-Comté 39100

Between Dijon and Besançon, within a 1 hectare park, a maison de maître, guest house and outbuildings with an industrial past. The wrought-iron entrance gate heralds a bourgeois house, probably built in the mid-19th century. A paved drive leads to garages at the rear of the property. To the front, the maison de maître stands before a group of outbuildings arranged around an intimate square courtyard, centred on a tall horse chestnut. Adjoining the house, a long building contains wooden grain silos, reminders of the trade once plied here: the occupants were millers. On the opposite side of the courtyard, a second dwelling - the guest house - shares a party wall with a barn raised above large cellars, which attest to the farming history of the estate. At the far end of the courtyard stands a small outbuilding that formerly housed the facilities. Beyond lies a large garage dating from the 1930s. The park, extending to over 1 ha, is laid out in the English landscape style, with 90 ares given over to an orchard.