Château de Busset

English translation

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History

Building appearing to be a unique type in the region, called a 'house with shirts'. It presents, on three faces, external walls lined with a second wall of the same thickness. The space between the two walls served as a circulation corridor on which opened the two chambers that the building contained on each floor. In case of attack, the joists could be removed and make access difficult for assailants. In the 16th century, the east wall of the gallery was decorated with frescoes illustrating the poetic work of Henri Baude. A staircase tower flanks the whole at one corner. The windows are mullioned. The building is constructed on an L-shaped plan to which are added outbuildings, the gate lodge and the chapel, used as a parish church. The work of the 19th century, carried out by architect Hode, remodelled the façades, with addition of turrets, machicolations, corner turrets and pinnacles. The kitchen gallery, the Riom tower and the Prison tower escaped restructuring. The kitchen gallery, from the 15th century, is pierced with round-arch arcades and serves the service rooms to the south-east of the courtyard. The kitchen preserves its fireplaces and vaults of the period. The top floor of the Prison tower preserves an old oratory with a dome vault, decorated with murals from the 15th and 16th centuries. The castle preserves, on the ground floor, rooms from the 18th century decorated with painted wainscoting.