Château de Panloy

English translation

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History

The primitive edifice, doubtless due to a late Renaissance (1555-1620), whose only visible testimony is found in the small corner pavilions with small columns, was greatly modified during the following centuries. An important restoration is decided in the 18th century, and entrusted to the architect Barbier de Noisy. In 1812, a fire necessitates the reconstruction of the right wing. The plan of the château is in the form of a U, with one storey. The main façade, to the north, comprises a central main dwelling body whose six windows of the projection bear decoration. They are surmounted by corbels sculptured with stylized acanthus leaves. A triangular gable, adorned in the 19th century with lions supporting a coat of arms, crowns this central avant-corps. It bears a funerary urn as acroterion. The dormer windows were modified in the 19th century, during the removal of the Mansart roof. The two small corner pavilions testify to a late Renaissance, at least for their lower storey in gallery form, the latter perhaps originally extending along the posterior south façade. The domain preserves a dovecote dated 1620, comprising three thousand round terracotta pigeonholes.