Château de La Grande-Résie

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Le château en bref

On the Route de Choye, in the heart of the village of La Grande-Résie (Haute-Saône), the Château de la Résie preserves an ancient seigneurial site: a fortified house is recorded there as early as 1386, and a feudal motte, of unknown age, can still be discerned in the grounds. The present residence was built in the eighteenth century, not far from this motte. In the nineteenth century, after the establishment of the first cadastral survey, it was extensively remodelled: openings were redone, one wing was removed, a chapel was added on one side and a half-rotunda on the other, while outbuildings and farm buildings were rebuilt. Symmetrical in plan, the house has a vaulted basement, two full storeys and an attic; its projecting front range, with a stepped gable and a small balcony on columns, is a regional feature. Built of rendered limestone rubble, it remains a privately owned property, closed to the public.