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 Château de la Fresnaye à Falaise dans le Calvados

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château de style Classique
Calvados

Château de la Fresnaye

    48 Rue Clemenceau
    14700 Falaise
Château de la Fresnaye
Château de la Fresnaye
Château de la Fresnaye
Crédit photo : Roi.dagobert - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1640
Purchased by Nicolas Vauquelin
1750 (vers)
Construction of the current castle
7 septembre 1945
First protection
5 août 1958
Final classification
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Castle except parts classified (Box B4 776, 778) : inscription by order of 7 September 1945; Main facade and cover; on the ground floor: library and staircase; on the first floor: dining room, first living room, three rooms with Louis XV decor, namely the large living room with the two consoles, the bedroom and the boudoir (Box B4 776, 778): classification by order of 5 August 1958

Key figures

Nicolas Vauquelin des Yveteaux - Poet and Lord Born in 1567 in the family owner.
Nicolas Vauquelin (seigneur de Nécy) - Acquirer in 1640 Get the initial domain.
Charles-Ernest Paulmier - Deputy of Falaise (1885-1907) Residence at the castle in late 19th century.

Origin and history

The Château de la Fresnaye, located in the commune of Falaise in Calvados, has its origins in the seventeenth century. In 1640 Nicolas Vauquelin, seigneur of Nécy, acquired the estate then composed of a "manable house and other buildings". In 1678, the site consists of three houses, only one of which remains today. The present castle, built around 1750 in front of this vestige, is enlarged from a span to the east in the 20th century. Its commons date back to the 17th and 18th centuries.

The monument was protected as early as 1945 by an inscription, then classified in 1958 for its remarkable elements: main façade, cover, library, staircase, and decorated rooms in Louis XV style (large living room, bedroom, boudoir). Nicolas Vauquelin des Yveteaux, poet born in 1567 in the family owner, marks the history of the place. Under the First Empire, its owners became barons of the estate. At the end of the 19th century, MP Charles-Ernest Paulmier lived there, illustrating his local political anchor.

Sources also mention outbuildings (common) and a specific address: 48 rue Clémenceau in Falaise. The castle, partially open to the visit, bears witness to the architectural and social evolution of Normandy between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries.

External links

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