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A family home, deep roots
A family home, deep roots
This stone house was built between 1750 and 1800. It has never left the Naigeon family, Laurence’s maternal grandparents. Generation after generation, it has stood the test of time — and today it is Laurence and Raphaël who are its guardians.
When the time came to restore it, one approach presented itself naturally: respect what the house had to say. The stone walls were left exposed. Insulation was carried out using wood fibre — 36 cm under the roof, 16 cm on the walls. The renders are clay and lime, tinted with ochres, just as they used to be.
A 10,000-litre tank collects rainwater to supply the toilets and washing machine. Nothing spectacular. Just good sense — the kind you find in the gestures of country life.
150 metres from the gîte, GAEC Henriot carries on the same ethos. A family farm since 1800, converted to organic in 2011, it rears Charolaise cattle and two endangered breeds — Bazadaise and Ferrandaise — and grows its own grain, which it mills on a stone-grinding mill.
By staying here, you are not simply visiting Burgundy: you are entering a living place where farming, rearing and welcoming guests are all done with the same care.
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