A family house from the 19th century with 310 m² of floor area and its 610-m² garden in the Burgundy village of Fleurey-sur-Ouche, near Dijon.
Fifteen minutes from Dijon, the capital of Burgundy and an international city known for its gastronomy, wine, historical heritage and comfortable lifestyle, is the residential village of Fleurey-sur-Ouche, nestled within the Ouche valley, with its extraordinary heritage such as the Gallo-Roman villa that once belonged to Florus - after whom the village is named - as well as the residence of one of the first Capetian Dukes of Burgundy in the 11th century.
Today, the village has all the shops and services necessary for daily life: a bakery, supermarket, petrol station, doctor's office, pharmacy, nursery and elementary schools, etc. In addition, its proximity to Dijon as well as its dense motorway and railway networks with, namely the Dijon-Ville high-speed rail station, make it possible to easily reach Paris, Lyon and Geneva.
Named the "Vieux Logis", or "Old Dwelling", the property, located in the centre of the village, is included among the town's most exceptional historical buildings, alongside the Clos Martenot, the Domaine Pérard and the Chateau du Prieuré. Despite its central location, the dwelling is an oasis of peace and quiet, slowly waking to the rhythm of the comings and goings of schoolchildren and professionals, before being submerged once again within the characteristic tranquillity of village life.
Built on the foundations of a fortified house from the 14th century, the Vieux Logis originally faced the farmyard. However, the property, reduced in size following several inheritances and subdivisions, including a recent subdivision in modern times that divided the residence in two, now faces the wall-enclosed garden, its ornamental outbuilding and, further off, the valley and town of Urcy.
The HouseOnce past the 19th-century wrought-iron gate and garden, the house, with two storeys over a basement level, includes a ground floor with a vaulted ceiling, a vestige of the edifice's medieval origins. The façade, with a central building flanked by two square towers, is symmetrical in appearance ever since the construction of its eastern tower in the 17th century, built to resemble its hipped roof twin. Tiles were used to replace the lava stone roof, while the linear brickwork façades in Burgundy stone were renovated with buttered joints. The upstairs arched windows, with small balconies protected by wrought-iron guardrails, cadence the façades and flank the central dormer window with scrollwork ailerons that crowns the main façade. Lastly, the dovecote topped with a pepperpot roof marks the property's western border.
The ground floor
The oak front door, crowned with wisteria, opens onto the vaulted foyer and curved main staircase with white stone steps. To the right is the living room, a large room with a groined vaulted ceiling, a mitred herringbone hardwood floor and wooden wall panelling. In the centre of one wall, between two windows, a marble Louis XV fireplace takes pride of place, while a partition divides the space from a small office with beam and block flooring and a wood stove. In addition, a door in the living room provides access to the eastern tower, with its vaulted rubble stone ceiling and window facing the garden. To the left of the entrance and facing south with views over the garden, is the elongated fitted kitchen, newly and entirely renovated, with a vaulted rubble stone ceiling and visible flagstone arches pre-packed with mortar. Farther off in the western tower, is a shower room with lavatory, while the room that once held the kitchen is now the back foyer with a cement tile floor, which communicates with the rear courtyard and dovecote. At the back of the house, is the wooden service staircase with terracotta tile ...
