Château de Teillan

English translation

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History

In the 10th century, Teillan belonged to the viscounts Aton, counts of Carcassonne and Razes. Until the end of the 16th century, Teillan became a dependency of the abbey of Psalmody, which was acquired by Philippe de Bornier, counsellor to the king. Place of worship recognized by the Reformed Church at the time of the Edict of Nantes. Having remained unmodified since the beginning of the 17th century, the castle suffered some damage in 1793 (destruction of a turret, rebuilt in 1873, and of the eastern fortified door). During the course of the 19th century, fitting out of the outbuildings, the façades and certain crownings. The castle deploys its buildings around an interior courtyard accessed by a vaulted passage situated under the outbuildings (east wing). These outbuildings occupy the east, south and north wings and were transformed from 1820 to 1875. The main building block is vaulted on the ground floor. These vaults would date from the 15th century. The first floor on the north side, built at the end of the 16th century, was altered in 1820; the south side was altered and rebuilt from 1820 to 1876. The dovecot with a bishop's mitre vault was executed in ashlar around 1600 with an interior revolving wooden staircase. The vaulted ground floor room served as a prison for the seigneury. Beneath the vat which occupies this room is found the passage of an underground passage joining the castle to outbuildings in the Pravielle property. According to oral tradition, it would even join the abbey of Psalmody. The wheel well or noria, connected to the Vidourles by an underground aqueduct, dates from 1609. Its superstructures were altered during the Restoration in order to constitute a vast basin fed by a basin of the overflow of stone buckets in place of the old wooden trough. The mechanism was constantly maintained until around 1920, as it watered the vegetable garden. The door of the beginning of the 17th century, pierced in the north wing, was the old main entrance of the castle. The jambs and arch of the door are ornamented with rustication composed alternately of rectangular tables and diamond points. It is topped with a broken triangular pediment between the branches of which is found a stone table.