Ney, Franche-Comté 39300

A beautiful, vast 1900's villa with wooded grounds and unobstructed views, in the centre of a typical village 3 minutes from Champagnole, on the first Jura plateau. Between the wooded curves of the Jura plateaux and the changing light of the Revermont region, the villa, built in 1904 by a prominent village family, one of whose illustrious ancestors was a friend and colleague of Louis Pasteur, stands out with the charm of bourgeois residences of yesteryear, built between two centuries. Located in the village centre, it is 100 m as the crow flies from the village church. Facing east-west and rising three storeys above a basement, it combines the symmetrical rigour of its classical outline with the delicate ornamentation typical of this transition period. Its body, topped by a gambrel roof and dotted with tall, small-paned windows, is reminiscent of holiday homes, discreet but confident of their elegance. It is surrounded by 5 000 m of wooded parkland, and 2 hectares of land adjoins this. The plot of land is open and has a view towards the mountains visible in the distance. Finally, there is a single-storey annex to the right of the entrance.