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Château de la Touche-Hersant

Lanneray, Eure-et-Loir, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façades et toitures de la poterne d'entrée, de la tour Est, de la tour Ouest, du corps de logis, du bâtiment du 16s, de la chapelle ; douves (cad. O 6, 7) : inscription par arrêté du 22 juin 1982
Protection dates
1982/06/22 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
16e siècle, 18e siècle
Dates
1567, 1572
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Lanneray
Département
Eure-et-Loir
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
48.07829, 1.20648
Mérimée reference
PA00097129

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Perchensis Comitatus : La Perche Comte" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Ancienne place forte, le domaine se compose d'un corps de logis du 18e siècle, d'un bâtiment de 1567 et d'une chapelle de 1572. L'ensemble est complété de douves, d'une poterne et de deux tours d'angle. La porte d'entrée située entre les deux tours poternes semble remonter au 16e siècle. Le bâtiment du 16e siècle était peut-être un édifice religieux car il s'agit d'un édifice isolé, rectangulaire, à deux pignons. Une série de meurtrières est visible au-dessous des combles, sur le mur sud. Cet édifice aurait pu avoir un rôle défensif au cours des guerres de Religion. Il est percé de fenêtres Renaissance, en plein cintre, surmontées d'un fronton. Le corps de logis est composé d'un bâtiment principal prolongé de deux ailes. Un petit porche d'entrée a été ajouté sans doute au milieu du 19e siècle.

English translation

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Former stronghold, the domain is composed of an 18th-century main dwelling, a building of 1567 and a chapel of 1572. The ensemble is completed with moats, a postern gate and two corner towers. The entrance door situated between the two potern towers appears to date from the 16th century. The 16th-century building was perhaps a religious building as it is an isolated, rectangular structure, with two gables. A series of loopholes is visible below the roof space, on the south wall. This building might have had a defensive role during the Wars of Religion. It is pierced with Renaissance windows, round-arched, surmounted by a pediment. The main dwelling is composed of a main building extended by two wings. A small entrance porch was probably added in the middle of the 19th century.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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