Autun, Burgundy 71400

A 19th-century manor house and its wooded park of over 9, 000m, between the Morvan Mountains and vineyard slopes. 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 m 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.