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Castle of Allagnat à Ceyssat dans le Puy-de-Dôme

Puy-de-Dôme

Castle of Allagnat

    1 Route du Susucquet de la Roche
    63210 Ceyssat
Ownership of a private company
Château dAllagnat
Château dAllagnat
Château dAllagnat
Château dAllagnat
Château dAllagnat
Crédit photo : Pline - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
XIIIe ou XIVe siècle
Construction of dungeon
1680
Mention of the drawbridge
XVIIe siècle
Classic expansion
1797
Acquisition by Culhat
début XIXe siècle
Eclectic forebody
1945
Fire from the North Home
10 août 2000
Historic Monument Protection
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Castle, including its interior decorations (dining room, large living room, small living room and grey living room of the dungeon on the first floor, alcove vestibule, green room and blue room on the second floor) and its park with terraced gardens with basin and staircase (Box ZH 183 to 185): inscription by order of 10 August 2000

Key figures

Seigneurs de Murat - First known owners Blason at the entrance to the castle.
Famille de Chabannes - Lords of Nebuzat Owners in the 17th century.
Famille Roussel - Lords of the Batisse Owners after the Chabannes.
Famille Jouvenceau - Owners in the 18th Linked to the Clermont-Ferrand factory.
Famille Culhat de Chamond - Owners (1797-1911) Expansions 19th century.
Madame des Mazis / Rochette de Lempdes - Owners in the 20th Last mentioned owners.

Origin and history

The castle of Allagnat, located in Ceyssat in Puy-de-Dôme, is a historical monument composed of buildings of various periods, organized around a courtyard. Its medieval origin is marked by a circular dungeon of the thirteenth or fourteenth century, built in basalt and lava bellows, with a conical roof in lauze. This three-storey dungeon keeps a vaulted room of ridges on the ground floor. The frames of the openings, made of andesite stone, and the remains of an ancient drawbridge (mentioned in 1680) testify to its defensive past. The castle originally belonged to the lords of Murat, whose coat of arms still adorns the entrance.

In the 17th century, the castle was enlarged in a classic rustic style, typical of local rural architecture, by the families of Chabannes (teachers of Nebouzat) and then the Roussel (teachers of the Batisse). A body of west houses, covered with hollow tiles, is built, accessible by an external staircase made of baluster stone. A stair turret serves the southern part. The outbuildings, including vaulted kitchens, pantry and kitchenware (restored at the end of the 20th century), complete the whole. The northern house, burned in 1945 after an occupation, only exists as remains.

In the 19th century, the Culhat de Chamond family, owner since 1797, added a two-storey eclectic forebody, with a flat tile roof. The leisure garden, replanted at that time, includes terraces, a beech grove, a basin fountain, and a symmetrical andesite staircase. The castle also maintains a direct connection to a private stand of the nearby church. The interior decorations of the 17th and 19th centuries (lounges, rooms, vestibule) and the park with its terraced gardens have been protected since 2000.

Successive owners included, in the 18th century, the Jouvenceau (linked to the Clermont-Ferrand mill), then the Rochette de Lempdes in the 20th century. The castle illustrates the architectural evolution of a medieval fortress in seigneurial residence, then in bourgeois residence, while preserving defensive elements such as the dungeon and traces of its occupation by the lords of Murat.

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