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Bertangles Castle dans la Somme

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château de style Classique
Somme

Bertangles Castle

    Rue de l'Eglise
    80260 Bertangles
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Crédit photo : isamiga76 + Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) (interventions - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1597
Fire by the Spanish
1625
17th century portal
1730-1734
Construction of the current castle
1918
Australian headquarters
1930
Fire from woodwork
2020
Tornado in the park
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Fronts and roofs; the inside staircase and its wrought iron ramp; the courtyard of honor with its entrance gate, including the gate, the lions' alley with the two pillars surmounted by carved lions; the garden; the two gates to the right and left of the castle; the portal of the old castle (currently the entrance gate to the farm); the eight secondary gates with their grid (numbered 1 to 8 on the map of the folder); the ride, the dovecote, the well (cf. Bertangles A 44 to 47, 157, 158; C 11); access to the castle (cad. Poulainville ZD 36, 37): classification by order of 12 July 1982 - Fronts and roofs of the farm and the two gates (numbered 9 and 10 on the map of the file) (Box Bertangles C 11): inscription by order of 12 July 1982 - The body of buildings formerly used as saddlery, laundry and car sheds (Box Bertangles AA 30): inscription by order of 11 June 2001 - Half roundabout. Poulainville ZX 34); fence walls (cf. Bertangles A 202, 158): Order of 12 December 2006 - The missing parts of the estate, parts dating to the year 1950 and its forest park, including: the seigneurial house; the white stone barn, located to the right of the entrance of the farm, with the 19th century chapel and its vault; the white stone barn, located to the left of the entrance of the farm, with its vaulted cellar in cradle in basket handle, added to a later period; the barn about 40 metres in length to the northwest; the two buildings installed after 1745 in the extension of the seigneurial house; the barn or shed, in wooden frame and torchi, built at the location of the building in return of the seigneurial house; the chaplaincy, located at the passage of the door giving access from the courtyard of the farm to the castle; the forest park; the gate of the farm and the gates and walls of the park that have not yet been taken into account, distributed in terms of ownership (see Box A 219; AA 3, 27-30): registration by order of 18 December 2009

Key figures

Germain Boffrand - Architect Manufacturer of the castle (1730-1734).
Jean Veyren (dit Vivarais) - Ferronier Author of the honour grid (18th century).
Louis-Joseph de Clermont-Tonnerre - Sponsor Count having built the castle.
John Monash - Australian General Headquarters in 1918, anoblished on site.
André Mailfert - Sculptor-restaurant Reconstitution of woodwork (1930-1934).

Origin and history

Bertangles Castle, also known as Château de Clermont-Tonnerre, is located in the municipality of the same name, in the department of the Somme (Hauts-de-France). Its origin dates back to a medieval seigneury, rebuilt in the 16th century and burned in 1597 by the Spaniards. Today only the 1625 gate remains, the vestige of the 17th century castle, now integrated with the adjacent farm.

The current building was built between 1730 and 1734 by architect Germain Boffrand for Count Louis-Joseph de Clermont-Tonnerre, in an elegant Regency style. The estate includes a wrought iron gate, the work of master Jean Veyren (known as Vivarais), initially installed at the castle of Heilly before being moved to Bertangles in the 19th century. The park, crossed by an alley of centuries-old trees, was partially ravaged by a tornado in 2020.

In 1918, the castle became the headquarters of the Australian army led by General John Monash, annoyed there by King George V. A fire in 1930 destroyed the interior woodwork, reconstructed identically by André Mailfert. The estate, listed as a Historical Monument on several occasions (1970, 1982, 2006, 2009), houses remarkable elements such as a pigeon-house, a tower well, and allegorical sculptures (Minerve, Bacchus).

The heritage protections cover the facades, wrought iron stairway, the courtyard of honour, the gates, and the park. A commemorative plaque honours General Monash since 2016, highlighting the historic role of the site during the First World War. The castle, still privately owned, bears witness to the architectural and military heritage of Picardia.

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