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Château de Montigny dans la Sarthe

Sarthe

Château de Montigny

    1 Rue Ernest le Comte
    72600 Villeneuve-en-Perseigne
Château de Montigny
Château de Montigny
Château de Montigny
Château de Montigny
Crédit photo : Yodaspirine - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
première moitié du XVIIIe siècle
Construction of the castle
vers 1900
Construction of stables
milieu du XIXe siècle
Decommissioning the Church
1er septembre 2016
Registration for Historic Monuments
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The following elements with their respective capacity and according to the right-of-way delimited by a red line on the cadastral plan extract attached to the decree: - 1, in total: the former church Notre-Dame de Montigny and its former cemetery; the escape; orangery; the fruit tree and the stake; the wash and the canal; the building of the machines with the well (all the machines: gas gas, low gas engine, electrical panel and battery packs); the water castle; fenced walls (north courtyard, vegetable garden, south gardens, fence along the road); moat and terraces with their retaining walls; plates of the old gardens as drawn on the plan of the late eighteenth century and the remaining buildings as well as the large driveway to the north. - 2, facades and roofs: the castle itself; the two pavilions marking the north courtyard; all buildings of commons ( stables and saddlery, buildings adjacent to the old church, latrines); guard house. - 3, part of the interiors: castle: entrance hall with the staircase and its wrought iron ramp and the thread of the ground floor rooms; stables: old saddlery with its decor (cad. A1 (sheet 207) 38, 41 to 45, 47, 52, 208, 209, 210, 211, 248, 249, 285 to 297): entry by order of 1 September 2016

Origin and history

The Château de Montigny, located in Villeneuve-en-Perseigne in the Pays de la Loire, was built in the first half of the 18th century. It was initially accompanied by large regular gardens, the route of which is still partially preserved today. This aristocratic domain reflects the typical architecture and landscaping of this period, designed to highlight the social status of its owners.

Around 1900, the castle underwent major transformations with the addition of large stables and numerous ancillary buildings, as well as modern technical equipment for the time. These developments illustrate the adaptation of the estate to the agricultural and residential needs of the early twentieth century. A notable feature is the integration, from the middle of the 19th century, of the former medieval parish church Notre-Dame de Montigny, disused and now included in the enclosure of the castle.

The estate also includes remarkable elements such as a leak, an orange plant, a fruit tree, a log, a washhouse, a canal, and a building of machines housing a gasgen and a poor gas engine. These facilities reflect the technological evolution and practical concerns of owners over the centuries. The castle, its outbuildings and its gardens were inscribed in the Historical Monuments by order of 1 September 2016, recognizing their heritage and historical value.

The protections cover various elements: the church and its old cemetery, moats, fence walls, terraces, as well as the remarkable interiors of the castle (vestibula, wrought iron staircase) and stables (old saddlery and its decor). These measures aim to preserve the integrity of an architectural and landscaped ensemble representative of centuries of local history.

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