Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de la Gaillardière
La Croix-en-Touraine, Indre-et-Loire, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Les façades et les toitures (cad. B 642) : inscription par arrêté du 25 octobre 1971
- Protection dates
- 1971/10/25 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle, 18e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété d'une société privée
- Commune
- La Croix-en-Touraine
- Département
- Indre-et-Loire
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.34169, 0.97866
- Mérimée reference
- PA00097728
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1592 map "Topographia Aug. Turon Ducatus et confinium Gallia Cestica ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
La construction actuelle a sans doute été remaniée en 1743. Une demeure noble existait antérieurement. Il en subsiste quelques traces, notamment une tour carrée à usage de colombier, datant vraisemblablement du 16e siècle, et conservant des boulins circulaires en terre cuite. Au sud, un fronton en tympan couronne la partie centrale de pierre de taille, en saillie. Les deux jambages de cette saillie sont taillés en pilastres plats, surmontés de chapiteaux aboutissant aux extrémités du fronton. Une grande terrasse prolonge le niveau des alons et surplombe le parc.
English translation
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History
The present building was undoubtedly remodelled in 1743. A noble dwelling existed previously. Some traces of it remain, notably a square tower for use as a dovecote, dating probably from the 16th century, and retaining circular terracotta boulins. To the south, a fronton with tympanum crowns the central part in ashlar, in relief. The two jambs of this relief are cut as flat pilasters, surmounted by capitals ending at the extremities of the fronton. A large terrace extends the level of the alons and overhangs the park.
Nearby in the register
- Église Saint-Quentinégliseunder 1 mi
- Maison dite Le Belvédèremaison1 mi
- Église Saint-Christopheéglise1 mi
- Maison dite Fief de Bois Ramémaison1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.