Château de Chabanoles

English translation

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History

The seigneurie of Chabanoles is mentioned for the first time in 1190. From 1650 onwards, the building undergoes several alterations, in particular the addition of the classical gateway and the replacement of the spiral staircase with a straight staircase with a wall of timber posts. This fortified house belongs to the category of small rural houses. It presents an almost square main dwelling, flanked to the north and south by two round towers half out of the wall; to the west and east by two bartizans of which only the corbels remain. The southern façade opens onto a courtyard surrounded by farm buildings. Formerly, an exterior gateway gave access to it. The entrance door of the main dwelling consists of an opening with classical decoration, probably added in the early 17th century. Two jambs forming pilasters support a lintel sculpted with two glyphs intercalated between three metopes where religious monograms appear. This lintel supports an impost with tracery placed between two tables and illuminating the vestibule. A triangular pediment crowns the whole. Flush with this door remain four corbels surmounting the first-floor window, which formerly supported a defensive bretèche. Human or animal figures form the corbels of the consoles, denoting a late creation of the medieval period. Inside, panelling and painted decoration.