A small 18th-century folly with a clever split-level plan, set in gardens by the Vingeanne.
€230one way from Beaune with a private driver
Private driver from Beaune: 1 h 04 by road (82 km), €230 one way for the whole car.
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At the southern entrance to Beaumont-sur-Vingeanne stands a small château its owners call a folly: an elegant early 18th-century house with an ingenious layout, surrounded by a formal garden, a landscape garden and a kitchen garden. The château and its park are classified as a historic monument and open for a few weeks each summer.
Beaumont was a fortified lordship on the Vingeanne, in a region long exposed to wars on the border with Franche-Comté. During the Ten Years War the old castle was taken and plundered on 18 January 1636, and the imperial army of Gallas passed through again that November, on its return from the siege of Saint-Jean-de-Losne. Beaumont lies about 7 km south of Fontaine-Française, where Henri IV had fought in 1595.
When peace returned, the fortifications along the Vingeanne lost their purpose, and in 1667 only part of the old building remained after a fire. The present château was built in the early 18th century, and the historic-monument record dates it to 1706. It was restored in 1936 and again from 1942, and the château and its park were classified in 1948. It now belongs to a private company.
The house is built into a slope, which gives it a garden level below the main floor. It stands on a vaulted basement about 20 by 15 metres, with a raised ground floor reached by front and back stairways and a mezzanine over the front half. This clever plan adds living space while keeping the reception rooms grand. The house is roofed with glazed tiles.
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The château and park open for about six weeks in July and August and on European Heritage Days in September. The château is shown on guided tours, and the gardens can be explored on your own. It is a small, intimate visit, easily combined with Fontaine-Française, about 7 km to the north.
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Château de Beaumont-sur-Vingeanne is about 1 h 04 from Beaune by road (82 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €230 for the whole car, up to 4 guests.
Did you know? The house hides a mezzanine behind its façade: a split-level plan that fits extra rooms into a small building without reducing the height of the formal reception rooms.
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€230 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests
