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Origin and history

The house of Lugérat, located in Montignac-Charente in Charente, is a monument whose origins date back to the Middle Ages. As early as the 13th century, the fief of Lugerac, dependent on the bishop of Angoulême, was subject to marks of allegiance such as the gilded doperons. The La Rivière family became its owner in the 14th century, before the estate passed into the hands of the La Faye and then of the Flamant in the 15th and 16th centuries, during which time the current home was built.

In the 17th century, the estate changed hands several times: in 1660, François Louis Flamant, squire, resided there and married Marie de Grain de Gademoulins. Between 1700 and 1740, the castle was rented to a farmer under legal lease. In 1740 Marie-Charlotte Flamant sold it to Bernard Faure de Rancureau, the king's adviser, who in 1763 gave it to Robert d'Asnières, seigneur of Villechenon. At the Revolution, the estate was confiscated as a national property and sold in 1792.

In the 19th century, the mayor of Angoulême, Hyppolite Broquisse, acquired the house in 1840 and added two round towers, demolished in 1971. The estate was then restored by Mr. Bartolini, and then by Jean-Richard Micoulaud in the 1990s. The architecture of the house, marked by a central body flanked by round towers and a polygonal tower housing a spiral staircase, reflects these successive transformations.

The main building, facing west, overlooks a courtyard surrounded by communes. Its eastern facade, with a door surmounted by a braided brace and a hammered coat of arms, preserves traces of architectural changes, such as the enlargement of windows and the addition of doors in the eighteenth century. The round towers, once styled with peppers, present firemouths at their base, testimony to their past defensive function.

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