Château du Bois-Bide

English translation

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History

Construction from the middle of the 17th century originally, remade in the 19th century. The heavy construction works of the castle begin in 1883 with the construction of the north pavilion. The castle is a building of neo-Louis XIII style of asymmetrical plan, composed of a main dwelling flanked by a rectangular pavilion to the north, and a pavilion terminated by a polygonal apse to the south. To the east, the entrance block is framed by two circular turrets. Between 1989 and 1914, arrangement of the surroundings, outbuildings and interior installations. In the early 1910s, landscape architect Henri Nivet takes over the park. The French garden, the orangery and the portal, all three dating from the 18th century, are preserved, as is the vegetable garden and a quincunx from 1890. After an interruption due to the war, the arrangements are resumed in 1920 by Jean du Pontavice. Interior arrangements are carried out between 1898 and 1930, taking up woodwork from the 18th century and ensembles from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The great room was decorated in 1929-1930 by Auguste Jobbé-Duval, and comprises wood panelling surmounted by panels of damask silk, a coffered ceiling painted with allegorical scenes and a pink marble fireplace.