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Château du Peuch

Ligneyrac, Corrèze, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le château et le sol (cad. AK 55) : inscription par arrêté du 10 mars 1998
Protection dates
1998/03/10 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
15e siècle, 16e siècle
Later work
17e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Ligneyrac
Département
Corrèze
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.03804, 1.61447
Mérimée reference
PA19000004

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1785 map "35 Sarlat." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le château, qui peut remonter au 15e siècle, est constitué d'un corps de logis rectangulaire avec une tour d'escalier presque au centre de la façade principale. L'ensemble du bâtiment est en calcaire de Ligneyrac, à l'exception de l'escalier en vis réalisé en grès de Collonges. A l'intérieur, plusieurs pièces ont conservé des plafonds aux poutres apparentes et aux intéressantes cheminées (en particulier, la cheminée en pierre du salon avec sa remarquable peinture sur sa hotte et la cheminée en bois du 17e siècle à l'étage).

English translation

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The castle, which may date back to the 15th century, consists of a rectangular main dwelling with a staircase tower almost at the centre of the principal façade. The entire building is constructed of Ligneyrac limestone, with the exception of the spiral staircase executed in Collonges sandstone. Internally, several rooms have retained ceilings with exposed beams and interesting fireplaces (in particular, the stone fireplace in the drawing room with its remarkable painting on its hood and the wooden fireplace of the 17th century on the upper floor).

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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