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Château de la Sayette

Vasles, Deux-Sèvres, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Les parties bâties (logis, chapelle, bâtiment de commun, abreuvoir, murs de clôture) et non bâties (sol du parc) constituant le château (cad. C 208 à 211, 612, 617, 643) : inscription par arrêté du 23 juillet 2004
Protection dates
2004/07/23 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
Moyen Age, 18e siècle, 19e siècle
Architect or builder
Boyer (architecte), Lobin de Tours (peintre-verrier), Fournier (peintre-verrier)
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
R.D. 524
Lieu-dit
la Sayette
Commune
Vasles
Département
Deux-Sèvres
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
46.59767, 0.01013
Mérimée reference
PA00101395

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1770 map "67 Poitiers." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Le château, connu depuis 1123, subit les aléas de l'histoire (investi par les Anglais ; assiégé par les Huguenots) puis est vendu comme bien national à la Révolution. Au 19e siècle, l'architecte Boyer se voit confier les travaux de remaniement, et érige une chapelle néo-gothique, entre 1856 et 1882. Entouré d'un parc fermé par des grilles 18e, le château se compose d'un corps central à deux niveaux sous lucarnes. De part et d'autre, deux pavillons 19e sous toiture à quatre pentes. Sur l'élévation postérieure, deux tours en demi hors-oeuvre, coiffées de poivrières. A l'intérieur, deux salons ont conservé leurs boiseries 18e, ainsi que plusieurs chambres à l'étage. La chapelle s'ordonne autour d'un module carré central, entouré de quatre chapelles rectangulaires. Elle est ornée par onze vitraux réalisés en 1856 et 1882, par Lobin de Tours puis Fournier.

English translation

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The castle, known since 1123, underwent the vicissitudes of history (invested by the English; besieged by the Huguenots) then was sold as national property at the Revolution. In the 19th century, the architect Boyer was entrusted with renovation work, and erected a Neo-Gothic chapel, between 1856 and 1882. Surrounded by a park enclosed by 18th-century railings, the castle consists of a central body two storeys high under dormers. On either side, two 19th-century pavilions under hip roofs. On the rear elevation, two towers in half projection, topped with pepper-pot roofs. Inside, two drawing rooms have retained their 18th-century panelling, as well as several bedrooms on the upper floor. The chapel is arranged around a central square module, surrounded by four rectangular chapels. It is decorated with eleven stained-glass windows made in 1856 and 1882, by Lobin of Tours then Fournier.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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