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Château de Peyras

Roumazières-Loubert, Charente, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Le corps de logis oriental (à l'exception de son extrémité sud, tardive) , et la tour cylindrique nord-est du château, en totalité (cad. N 361) : inscription par arrêté du 21 décembre 1998
Protection dates
1998/12/21 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
Moyen Age
Later work
18e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Roumazières-Loubert
Département
Charente
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.87166, 0.60643
Mérimée reference
PA16000014

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1777 map "69 Angouleme." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le château de Peyras, implanté sur un site occupé depuis l'époque protohistorique, est tout à fait caractéristique des constructions frustes et solides de la Charente Limousine. La seigneurie est attestée à partir du milieu du 15e siècle. Le château, fortement remanié au cours des siècles, conserve de son architecture médiévale toute l'aile orientale et une tour d'angle tronconique. Il se compose d'une cour rectangulaire bordée de communs. La façade ouest du logis a peut-être été élevée tardivement (porte du 17e siècle) ; l'intérieur a été remanié aux 18e et 19e siècles ; la charpente est un bel exemple du type à chevrons formant fermes.

English translation

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The château of Peyras, set on a site occupied since protohistoric times, is quite characteristic of the crude and solid constructions of Charente Limousine. The lordship is attested from the middle of the 15th century. The château, heavily remodelled over the centuries, retains from its medieval architecture the entire eastern wing and a truncated corner tower. It consists of a rectangular courtyard bordered by outbuildings. The west façade of the dwelling may have been built at a later date (17th-century door); the interior was remodelled in the 18th and 19th centuries; the roof structure is a fine example of the type with rafters forming roof trusses.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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