Château d'Arfeuille

English translation

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History

The land of Arfeuille already belonged to this family in the 11th or 12th century. From the 12th century there existed a castle. In 1481, Pierre de Bourbon, comte de la Marche, allowed Antoine d'Arfeuille the construction of ditches and a drawbridge, no doubt on the occasion of the rebuilding of the present castle. The edifice underwent numerous transformations. Around 1770, a quadrangular tower was added to the west of the main dwelling. In the early 19th century, the keep and the tower were demolished. At the end of the 19th century, the dovecote was transformed into a chapel and the ditches filled in. The castle is composed of a central main dwelling flanked by a rectangular keep and an elongated building partly from the 18th century. A semi-circular stair turret is attached to the keep. A tower, to the north, dominates the whole of the construction. A French garden to the south was created in the 18th century. It is closed off by vast rectangular outbuildings to the east and west. The central wing is pierced by two openings from the 15th century. Only the interior of the keep has preserved its original volumes. The ground floor hall opens, by a pointed arch, onto a vaulted chapel. Near the north window, the vault presents traces of barely legible paintings. The interior of the other buildings underwent numerous transformations. Several rooms are embellished with panelling.