Full MH classification 1993 (≈ 1993)
Façades, roofs, gardens and outbuildings classified.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
Two living rooms, dining room, chapel with their decoration on the ground floor (Box F 68, formerly F 4); Parcel F 69 (formerly F 4): entry by order of 8 June 1978; Façades and roofs of the castle and the commune located west of the castle (Box F 68); Entrance gate giving access to the courtyard of honour and its walls (Box F 68, 6, 10); Court of Honour (cd. F 7, 8, 9, 68); set of gardens including the magistral aisle (cad. J 35, 39; F 6, 10) , plots F 5, 12 and 13, large floor, quinconces and fences, green carpet, groves with aisles, roundabouts, green rooms and the ditch that delimits them (see Box 6). F 14) , the vegetable garden lined with its linden aisles, its fence wall, the entrance door with its gate, the irrigation canals ( Box H 29, 31, 32, 34); walks with aisles, canals and grounds separating them (cad. H 25-27): classification by order of 17 December 1993
Key figures
Claude de Sénéchal - Owner and sponsor
Member of the Parliament of Paris in 1751.
Guillois - Architect
Master of the reconstruction in 1761.
Origin and history
The Château de Champ-Romain, located in Thiville, Eure-et-Loir, was rebuilt in 1761 by the architect Guillous for Claude de Sénéchal, a member of the Paris Parliament. The latter, who became the owner after the last count of Thiville had no heir, built a typical Louis XV building, with a central body flanked by two wings. The interiors, such as the large living room decorated with carved woodwork (foils, trophies) and the rock chapel, reflect the refinement of the era. The estate was also equipped with a French-style garden, a vegetable garden surrounded by canals, and walks linking the gardens to neighbouring woods.
The castle preserves remarkable elements classified or listed in the Historical Monuments: facades, roofs, two living rooms, the dining room, and the chapel (registered in 1978, classified in 1993). The chapel, entirely decorated with stucs in rock, and the woodwork of the rooms (with Louis XV alcoves) bear witness to the 18th century opulence. The park, organized around a magnificent driveway, includes quinces, groves, and a vegetable garden irrigated by canals, illustrating the art of gardens of the Old Regime.
Thiville, a rural municipality with 334 inhabitants (2023), is exposed to an altered oceanic climate. The castle, now protected, remains a major vestige of the architectural heritage of Eure-et-Loir, linked to the parliamentary and aristocratic history of the region under Louis XV.
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