Château de l'Oisellerie

English translation

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History

Before 1400 there existed a bird house or falconry at the place where the castle was built in the middle of the 15th century, a dependency of the abbey Notre-Dame de la Couronne. In 1902, the castle became an agricultural teaching and training establishment. The surviving buildings are two wings in L-shape bordering, on the north and west, a large courtyard whose access is by a postern door decorated with crenellations. On the two other sides were the stables, stores, cellar and farmyard. The garden area, surrounded by rubble stone walls pierced by gateways with pilasters topped with acroteria on the west, north and south, extends over two cadastral plots of vaguely rectangular plan forming a point to the north-east. This garden is divided into two distinct parts by a transverse path running east-west to the boundary wall. On the right is found the ornamental garden with its water features; on the left, the kitchen garden with its dovecote. This path bordered with trees to the west forms a terrace along the northern wing. A ditch borders it then in the garden below, forming a right-angled return at both ends. This ditch is spanned by two staircases which allowed access to the garden. This part is still embellished with a fountain, a basin bordered by a laundry room and a sundial. These features are mentioned in the 17th century. The left part of the path preserves the remains of the dovecote with a round shaft. Removable tubular greenhouses fill this space.