Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château
Cherveux, Deux-Sèvres, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Château, y compris les douves : classement par arrêté du 16 septembre 1929
- Protection dates
- 1929/09/16 : classé MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 14e siècle, 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Cherveux
- Département
- Deux-Sèvres
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.41656, -0.35541
- Mérimée reference
- PA00101219
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "The County of Pictavia. Poictou" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Les constructions remontent aux 14e et 15e siècles. Le château se compose d'une entrée avec pont-levis, qui donne accès à une cour irrégulière aux angles de laquelle s'élèvent différentes tours et un gros donjon flanqué d'éperons. La muraille qui ferme l'enceinte a été abaissée de deux côtés. A l'angle sud-ouest, l'une des tours a été démolie et les constructions qui s'y trouvent sont relativement récentes. L'intérieur conserve des cheminées sculptées.
English translation
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History
The constructions date from the 14th and 15th centuries. The château consists of an entrance with drawbridge, which gives access to an irregular courtyard at the angles of which rise different towers and a large keep flanked by spurs. The curtain wall which encloses the fortification has been lowered on two sides. At the south-west angle, one of the towers has been demolished and the constructions found there are relatively recent. The interior retains carved fireplaces.
Nearby in the register
- Croix de cimetièrecroix de cimetière2 mi
- Châteauchâteau2 mi
- Château de Mailléchâteau2 mi
- Châteauchâteau3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.