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Origin and history

The Château de la Cour is a seigneurial residence located 800 metres north of the village of Grazay, in Mayenne ( Pays de la Loire). It is distinguished by an architecture combining a hexagonal tower dated 1577, a wooden covered gallery, and a chapel with a dome roof. The site is mentioned on the old maps as a place associated with a mill on the Aron, local tributary.

In the 12th century, Grazay's seigneury depended on the Barony of Mayenne and belonged to the Courceriers family. Conflicts with the lords of Bourgneuf, especially the Bouillé, concerned honorary rights in the parish church. In 1519 Jean de Bazogers obtained a right of burial in the choir, but his descendants challenged this agreement, obtaining royal letters in 1526 confirming their privileges. A sentence of 1606 definitively confirmed their seigneurial rights.

The castle, called a "new built house" around 1520, was restored in the late nineteenth century with the addition of a new house body. Local discoveries, such as caststones similar to those of Châtellerault (1777) and a manganese deposit mined around 1860, testify to economic activities related to the estate. The hexagonal turret, the armorized skylights and the covered gallery illustrate its architectural evolution between Renaissance and modern times.

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