Château de Séjallières

English translation

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History

Strong house of the 15th century, modified several times subsequently, characteristic of the strong houses of the Velay region from the end of the Middle Ages. Its history is linked to the lords of Agrain who endeavoured to hold castles occupying the flanks of the plateau overlooking the Allier, a strategic position. Séjallières formed, like Prunet, a coseigneury. The lords of Prunet claimed themselves, in the 14th century, lords of Séjallières, until Louis de Goys united the two houses by marriage in the 16th century. The other part of the seigneury depended, in the 13th century, on the lords of Montlaur. In 1508, the lords of Agrain momentarily made feudal seizure of the castle. This part remained in the 16th century with the barons of Agrain, one branch of which titled itself, in the 18th century, Agrain de Séjallières. The house originally adopted an L-shaped plan, completed probably more recently by a taller return building to the north-west. The building serving as a barn is accessible on the one hand at ground level by a door with dressed voussoirs giving access to the stable; on the other hand at the first level by an inclined ramp leading to the barn. On the west corner, a square tower is found slightly projecting to the south and to the east. The main dwelling building is a return on the valley. The north-west wing probably underwent major modifications. First of substantially square plan, it would have been extended on the south side to achieve a situation symmetrical to that of the main dwelling wing.