Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Villenon
Anché, Vienne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Portail (cad. A 223) : inscription par arrêté du 30 avril 1990
- Protection dates
- 1990/04/30 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 4e quart 15e siècle, 18e siècle
- Dates
- 1752
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Anché
- Département
- Vienne
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.35216, 0.24807
- Mérimée reference
- PA00105797
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "The County of Pictavia. Poictou" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Cet ancien fief de haute justice, relevant du château de Marigny-Chêmerault, est cité dès 1489. Le corps de logis se trouve en fond de cour délimitée, à l'est et à l'ouest, par des bâtiments à caractère agricole. Le mur de clôture au sud s'ouvre par un portail orné d'un gâble en accolade, décoré de choux frisés et de marcassins. Une porte piétonnière s'ouvre à sa droite. Plusieurs tours circulaires délimitent le domaine. A l'ouest, deux tours rapprochées doivent marquer l'emplacement d'une ancienne poterne. La tour nord-est renferme un pigeonnier et sa salle basse a dû servir de chapelle (date 1752 indiquée). Le logis présente une élévation sur deux niveaux. Quelques baies remontent au 15e siècle mais la plupart des ouvertures ont été percées au 18e. L'intérieur conserve des cheminées de cette dernière époque.
English translation
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History
This former fief of high justice, depending on the castle of Marigny-Chêmerault, is cited from 1489 onwards. The main dwelling is located at the far end of a courtyard delimited to the east and west by buildings of an agricultural character. The enclosure wall to the south opens through a gateway decorated with a shouldered gable, decorated with curled cabbages and young wild boars. A pedestrian gate opens to its right. Several circular towers delimit the domain. To the west, two close towers must mark the location of a former postern gate. The north-east tower contains a dovecote and its lower room must have served as a chapel (date 1752 indicated). The main dwelling has an elevation on two levels. A few openings date back to the 15th century but most of the openings were made in the 18th century. The interior preserves fireplaces from this latter period.