Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Beauregard
Velles, Indre, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Façades et toitures : inscription par arrêté du 6 octobre 1933
- Protection dates
- 1933/10/06 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle, 2e quart 16e siècle, 17e siècle, 18e siècle
- Dates
- 1631, 1638
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Velles
- Département
- Indre
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.70551, 1.67129
- Mérimée reference
- PA00097479
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1707 map "La Province de Berry. La Generalite de Bourges." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'ensemble comporte un corps de logis principal, flanqué de tours aux angles et d'une tourelle centrale (16e siècle) contenant l'escalier, ainsi que deux ailes. Les parties les plus anciennes paraissent dater du 15e siècle (tours d'angle). Le corps de logis principal a été très remanié aux 17e, 18e et 19e siècles. Il renferme un salon orné de boiseries Louis XV. Les deux ailes, qui ont dû être reconstruites au début du 19e siècle, contiennent encore deux vestiges de parties anciennes. Dans l'aile ouest se trouve une grande cheminée du 15e siècle. Dans l'une des tours de l'aile Est, un oratoire couvert d'une voûte en coupole conserve des fresques d'époque Louis XV, représentant l'Annonciation, Saint-François d'Assise, Saint-Vincent de Paul.
English translation
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History
The ensemble comprises a main body of dwelling, flanked by corner towers and a central turret (16th century) containing the staircase, as well as two wings. The oldest parts appear to date from the 15th century (corner towers). The main body of dwelling was greatly reworked in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. It contains a salon decorated with Louis XV panelling. The two wings, which must have been rebuilt in the early 19th century, still contain two vestiges of older parts. In the west wing is a large 15th-century fireplace. In one of the towers of the East wing, an oratory covered with a dome vault preserves frescoes from the Louis XV period, depicting the Annunciation, Saint-Francis of Assisi, Saint-Vincent de Paul.