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Château

Barbezières, Charente, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Château : inscription par arrêté du 27 février 1925
Protection dates
1925/02/27 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
15e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Barbezières
Département
Charente
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.91157, -0.09022
Mérimée reference
PA00104237

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1711 map "Le Gouvernement General De Guinne et Gascogne ...." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Cet édifice du 15e siècle se compose d'un bâtiment central, avec pignons sur les façades est et ouest, et flanqué à l'angle sud-ouest d'une tour dérasée. A la façade sud, est accolé un pavillon qui sert d'entrée au château et qui renferme un escalier tournant en pierre. Une grosse tour cylindrique flanque l'angle sud-ouest. Façade nord avec tour carrée, ronde à l'intérieur, contenant l'escalier en vis. En arrivant au sommet, une petite tourelle en encorbellement renferme la vis en pierre qui conduisait jusqu'aux combles. A chaque extrémité de la construction, grands pignons avec crochets et fleurons. A l'intérieur, des caves voûtées s'étendent sous le château. Ce dernier est séparé par une cour des anciens bâtiments, écuries et autres.

English translation

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This 15th-century building comprises a central building, with gables on the east and west façades, and flanked at the south-west angle by a razed tower. On the south façade is attached a pavilion which serves as the entrance to the castle and which contains a turning stone staircase. A large cylindrical tower flanks the south-west angle. North façade with square tower, round inside, containing the spiral staircase. On reaching the top, a small corbelled turret contains the spiral stone staircase which led as far as the roof space. At each extremity of the building, large gables with crockets and fleurons. Inside, vaulted cellars extend under the castle. The latter is separated by a courtyard from the old buildings, stables and others.

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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