Château de Jallanges

English translation

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History

Former fief dependent on the castle of Amboise, erected into a châtellenie in 1631. The castle was built at the end of the 15th century, and enlarged in the 16th. The eastern wing of the outbuildings dates from 1765, and was altered around 1850. The building comprises a main dwelling of the 15th century, lit by dormers with gables adorned with crockets and finished with fleurons. The main façade is accompanied by a polygonal stair tower, terminated by a square storey. The central building was extended in the 16th century, to the east and to the west, by two buildings. The western building was, at the same time, connected by a main dwelling to a wing of outbuildings of the 16th century. This wing is cut by a wide door in a depressed arch, flanked by sculpted pilasters, opening into a pavilion projecting on the façades and giving access to the outbuildings courtyard. This is bounded to the east by a wing of 1765. At the south-east, north-east and north-west corners of the outbuildings remain turrets of the 16th century. At the north-west corner of the main courtyard stands a chapel of the 17th century. A 16th-century watchtower remains at the south gate of the park.