Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château
Bernâtre, Somme, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Tour-porte, tour d'angle cylindrique nord-ouest avec le pan de courtine adjacent, sols archéologiques de la cour castrale et de l'ancienne basse-cour, ainsi que les façades de l'ensemble des bâtiments de la ferme du château (cad. AB 42) : inscription par arrêté du 2 décembre 1998
- Protection dates
- 1998/12/02 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 14e siècle, 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Bernâtre
- Département
- Somme
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 50.19753, 2.09179
- Mérimée reference
- PA80000010
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(49) Artois. Atrebatum Regionis." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Les origines de la seigneurie de Bernâtre remontent au 13e siècle. Les restes du château actuellement visibles datent des 14e et 15e siècles. Ravagé au 16e siècle puis brûlé par les Espagnols en 1635, il ne fut pas reconstruit par la suite, n'ayant plus de rôle militaire à jouer. Des bâtiments de ferme, entourant l'ancienne baille, furent accolés aux vestiges de l'ancienne demeure castrale. Il subsiste de celle-ci certains pans de murs ayant conservé quelques archères, des éléments de l'ancienne chapelle, la porte d'entrée du château proprement dit et, surtout, une tour de trois étages du 15e ou 16e siècle, assez bien conservée.
English translation
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History
The origins of the seigneury of Bernâtre date back to the 13th century. The remains of the castle currently visible date from the 14th and 15th centuries. Ravaged in the 16th century and then burned by the Spanish in 1635, it was not reconstructed afterwards, having no further military role to play. Farm buildings, surrounding the old bailey, were attached to the remains of the old castle dwelling. There remain from it certain stretches of wall that have retained some arrow-slits, elements of the old chapel, the entrance door of the castle proper and, above all, a three-storey tower of the 15th or 16th century, fairly well preserved.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.