Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château
Nontron, Dordogne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Façades et toitures ; bibliothèque avec ses boiseries (cad. BD 377) : inscription par arrêté du 9 novembre 1984
- Protection dates
- 1984/11/09 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 18e siècle, 19e siècle
- Dates
- 1788
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Nontron
- Département
- Dordogne
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.52758, 0.66118
- Mérimée reference
- PA00082714
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1693 map "Governo Generale della Guienna" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
A la fin du 8e siècle, sur l'emplacement du château actuel, existe une forteresse léguée par Roger, comte de Limoges, aux religieux de Charroux pour y créer un monastère. Le château est vendu en 1600 par Henri IV à la maison de Couloges-Pompadour. La construction du châeau actuel est achevée en 1788. Incendié en 1850, le château fait l'objet d'une restauration importante. Les substructions de la forteresse d'origine sur lesquelles fut érigé l'édifice actuel se devinent encore. Les façades est et ouest sont identiques. Elles comportent chacune un avant-corps central en saillie, limité par des pilastres à bossages, soutenant un fronton triangulaire orné d'un écusson. A l'intérieur, un escalier monumental central donne accès aux différentes salles communiquant par des doubles portes en enfilade. Des lambris sont conservés dans l'ancienne salle à manger. Un parc en terrasse se déploie à l'est, au pied du château. Selon la tradition, Richard Coeur de Lion y fut blessé en 1199 en assiégeant Nontron, et se serait des suites de ses blessures qu'il serait décédé à son camp, devant Chalus.
English translation
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History
At the end of the 8th century, on the site of the present castle, there exists a fortress bequeathed by Roger, count of Limoges, to the monks of Charroux to create a monastery there. The castle was sold in 1600 by Henry IV to the house of Couloges-Pompadour. The construction of the present castle was completed in 1788. Burned in 1850, the castle underwent major restoration. The substructures of the original fortress on which the present building was erected can still be made out. The east and west facades are identical. Each comprises a central projecting pavilion, bounded by rusticated pilasters, supporting a triangular pediment adorned with an escutcheon. Inside, a central monumental staircase gives access to the various rooms communicating by double doors en enfilade. Wainscoting is preserved in the former dining room. A terraced park extends to the east, at the foot of the castle. According to tradition, Richard the Lionheart was wounded there in 1199 while besieging Nontron, and it was from the effects of his wounds that he is said to have died at his camp, before Chalus.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.