Domaine de Louye

English translation

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History

Of the fortress mentioned in 1194 and included in the defensive line of the duchy of Normandy, there remain the site of the castle and some masonry fragments. It was rebuilt at the end of the 15th century according to a right-angled plan with decorations of glazed bricks. The main dwelling was partially rebuilt and given a classical facade in the second half of the 18th century. Around 1810, the facade facing the courtyard was given by the architect Berthault a decoration of Egyptian inspiration for one wing, Gothic for the other. The interior was largely altered at the end of the 19th century, but it preserves earlier elements: rib vault and sculpted corbels, the chartier room, upper hall covered with a 16th-century keel-shaped roof structure, remains of 16th-century wall painting in the stag room. The estate also includes a vast ensemble of outbuildings organized around a courtyard, an ordered park adorned with several garden structures, the most remarkable of which is a tower known as Malborough, a vast kitchen garden and numerous dependencies from the end of the 19th century, including a model farm.