Domaine du château de Changey

English translation

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History

After belonging to several lords in part, the land of Echevronne returns to the Duke of Burgundy, then to the King of France. In 1586, it is sold to Jehan de Damas, then in 1640 to François Blondeau, knight, president of the parliament of Metz. The land is sold in 1683 to Hubert Guyard, counsellor to the parliament. The Guyards, marquis de Changey at the end of the 17th century, remain owners of the château until 1923. The château was doubtless built between 1700 and 1750. At the end of the 19th century, a wing was added to the north to house the owner's retinue. The château is composed of an oblong main building body on whose West side is attached a chapel with rectangular plan with semi-circular chevet and a circular staircase turret and on the East side a return wing. Below are built 2 ranges of outbuildings around two courtyards with a secondary entrance gate. A vast park contributes to giving full interest to this residence. It is composed of 3 distinct parts: to the south a pleasure garden with its entrance gate and beyond its tree-lined avenue; to the north the park with its monumental perspective, its kitchen garden, its orchard, its ice house; the terrace to the west overlooking giving access to the wooded hillside with its vaulted washhouse, its large kidney-shaped body of water, its various pavilions. A sophisticated hydraulic network crosses the estate, supplying the body of water, the washhouse and the various basins by gravity. On the edge of these spaces, various pavilions are built: the orangery, the kennels, the chicken runs and pigsties (covered in slate), a greenhouse (ruined).