When were the forges built?

The forges date from 1660, but the current residential building was constructed from the 1780s onwards, with improvements continuing into the mid-nineteenth century.

What exactly is protected as a historical monument?

The 1993 decree protects the facades and roofs of all structures, boundary walls and gates, and inside the dining room ceiling with its cornice and the original parquet flooring of the western wing.

Demeure d'industriel dite Château des Forges

Pesmes

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Demeure d'industriel dite Château des Forges stands in Pesmes (Haute-Saône), in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: fourth quarter of the 18th century). Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

The Château des Forges in Pesmes is an industrialist's residence built from the 1780s on the site of metalworking forges originally established in 1660. The building combines the owner's dwelling with production structures arranged around a central courtyard. Its facades and interior spaces preserve evidence of ironworking activity and bourgeois refinement from the late eighteenth century.

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This building represents industrial heritage: the master ironworker's residence was designed as part of the larger manufacturing complex.
Nineteenth-century parquet flooring and an ornate ceiling in the dining room are among the protected interior elements.
Outbuildings, stables and storage structures flanking the courtyard served as dependencies of the main residence.

Where this château is

Pesmes · Haute-Saône · Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

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Musée des Forges, Chemin des Forges, 70140 Pesmes

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+33 6 79 85 59 87

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Heritage status: Registered historic monument (inscrit); Mérimée record PA00125417
Period of construction: fourth quarter of the 18th century

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When were the forges built?: The forges date from 1660, but the current residential building was constructed from the 1780s onwards, with improvements continuing into the mid-nineteenth century.
What exactly is protected as a historical monument?: The 1993 decree protects the facades and roofs of all structures, boundary walls and gates, and inside the dining room ceiling with its cornice and the original parquet flooring of the western wing.