This late 18th-century manor house stands on the historical site of a former glassworks, founded in 1752 by Gaspard de Clermont-Tonnerre, which produced bottles for the great wines of Burgundy and Champagne. An imposing wrought-iron gate flanked by two stone pillars marks the entrance to the property. After the entrance gate, to the right there is an 18th-century house that was the estate keeper’s lodgings and to the left there is a period orangery which still boasts its semi-circular arched windows. The walled grounds of more than 9,000 m² spread out around a central pond, into which the waters from the glassworks used to flow. In the 19th century, it was transformed into a botanical garden and today plays host to remarkable hundred-year-old specimens: plane trees, maritime pines, blue spruces, sophoras and two rows of lime trees that surround a vast lawn, from which views can be enjoyed over the surrounding landscape.

The residence

This two-storey property, also boasting an attic and cellars, is stretched out lengthways. It is made up of two separate parts: to the left, a small square building with a flat roof and then the main section with a tiled gabled roof. The main façade, which faces southwest, is punctuated by three entrance doors and arched windows in pairs, all with wooden shutters. Three dormers and six chimneys enhance the regularity of the building’s appearance on the roof. The ‘director's house’ reproduces the typical architectural model of the adjacent old housing estate and gives the impression of being made up of 3 small adjoining houses. The house only has windows on the southwest façade. In addition to the three entrance doors, there are two service entrances at each end of the building. In keeping with the ternary rhythm of the façade, the architect designed the interior as a series of rooms reached by three staircases. This layout, combined with the many openings, ensures each room is flooded with light and boasts uninterrupted views of the grounds and landscape as far as the eye can see.

The ground floor
The main entrance, which is located in the centre of the building, opens into a welcoming entrance hall boasting a quarter-turn wooden staircase with a wrought-iron guard-rail and wooden banister, exposed beams and joists on the ceiling, as well as flooring combining mosaic tiling and herringbone wood stripped floorboards. Along the staircase, frescoes with plant patterns have been preserved. On either side, there are two distinct parts of the house. On one side, there are two reception rooms each measuring around 25 m², adorned with marble fireplaces. These rooms still have well preserved herringbone wood flooring and the original windows with casement bolts in the shape of lions’ heads. A secondary entrance, which is probably a service entrance, leads into a hallway whose floor is paved with cement tiles. Behind a glazed wooden partition, a wooden staircase can be found. After this part, there are the current living quarters with double glazed windows. They include a lounge with a Louis XVI fireplace in red marble and herringbone wood flooring, followed by a large kitchen at the northernmost end of the house, which has flooring made up of period cement tiles and leads to a staircase that climbs up to the first floor and down to the cellar. On the other side, the central hall also leads to a room with similar dimensions to the lounges, also boasting windows with wooden frames, casement bolts in the shape of lions’ heads and herringbone wooden flooring. It is followed by a final room, whose floor is paved with cement tiles and from which a wooden spiral staircase climbs upstairs, as well as a lavatory. A side door leads into the garden at the southernmost end of the property. The last two rooms still have period herringbone wood floors.
The upstairs
This level can be reached via four staircases spread throughout the building and reproduces the ground floor’s layout of rooms standing one after another. In the northern part, where the living quarters currently are situated, there are three bedrooms, a shower room and a lavatory. The bedrooms have period thin stripped oakwood flooring, while the bathroom boasts white tiles interspersed with green taco tiling. The rest of his level is currently undergoing thorough restoration work. It is made up of six spacious rooms, which have the same dimensions as those on the ground floor, with arched windows, through which light pours, in line with those on the lower level. The floor is made up of herringbone wooden flooring. The electrical fittings, heating ducts and water pipes have already been installed, which will facilitate completion of the restoration work.
The attic
This level is also identical to the layout of the lower floors, with seven rooms of similar size. The three rooms to the south, which can be reached via the staircase from the entrance hall, are currently being restored. The fixtures necessary for installing a room, bedroom and shower room are already in place. A corridor running lengthways through the building leads to the three central bedrooms as well as the last room to northernmost part of the house, which can also be reached from the kitchen, thus avoiding the layout of rooms one after another as on the lower levels. All the rooms, some of which still have period terracotta tiled flooring, are bathed in light thanks to skylights and gable dormer windows dotted along the roof.
The basement
In the basement, two cellars are lit by small windows. One of the cellars, with a visible entrance door on the facade, can be used as a wine cellar. The other, accessible from the kitchen and through an external door on the north side of the basement, is currently used as a boiler room. The walls are made of stone covered with cement and the ceilings are made of bricks. One of the cellars has a cement floor covered with Burgundy stone tiles while the other has a dirt floor.

The outbuildings

The orangery
At the entrance of the property, an old orangery of approximately 30m² in size faces west and features three fully arched openings that once framed large glass windows.
The caretaker’s house
Opposite the orangery stands a small house of the same era as the rest of the property, with a facade adorned with regularly dispersed, small openings, a carriage door, and a four-sided, mechanical tiled roof. Currently, the ground floor houses a garage and a large room, while the upper floor features three other rooms accessed via a landing and a small hallway. The interior spaces, totaling around 40m², are in need of renovation.