Château et ses dépendances

English translation

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History

The castle and outbuildings are built on two islets of the Boutonne. Of the 15th-century castle, only the south tower remains. In the 16th century, it is rebuilt with a central main dwelling, flanked by two return wings at right angles, the north wing being served by an exterior staircase. The gallery decorated with carved panels and its upper part must have been erected around 1558. In the early 17th century, David Fourré would have had "the walls and collapsed towers razed to the level of the garden". In the mid-18th century, a large wall with a carriage gateway and pavilion (entrance châtelet) still defended the islet to the east of the castle. A plan of 1754 shows an architectural ensemble of U-shaped plan, controlling a permanent bridge over the first islet. The wings of the castle are destroyed in 1840 and 1892. The plan of the building has remained unchanged to the present day: a rectangular main dwelling, flanked by two large round towers. The outbuildings are situated in the north corner of the first islet and consist of a central main dwelling with gable walls with dormers and two wings. The west wing ends with a pavilion under a hipped roof and the east wing resembles a hangar. Many elements of re-used material (doors, windows with lancer arch, pediments...) have served in the restoration of these outbuildings whose presence is attested from the early 17th century.