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The Château de Mémillon, classified as a Historical Monument, presents architectural elements of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. The agricultural complex, dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, includes a house body flanked by a staircase turret, typical of late medieval buildings. These buildings, organized around an inner courtyard closed by two fortified doors, formed the primitive nucleus of housing before the building of the castle in the seventeenth century.

The southwest corner pavilion, built in the seventeenth century, is one of the few remains of the original castle, whose main house body disappeared after its sale as a national property. Access to the inner courtyard is through a bridge over the moat, leading to a monumental door in the middle of the hangar, surmounted by a triangular pediment. This entrance is framed by three symmetrical bays and two protruding square pavilions, reflecting the classic 17th century aesthetics. The north facade, once occupied by the house body, has now disappeared, leaving room for structural remains.

The legal protections of the site, introduced in 1976, concern the south façade, the bridge, the moat, and the facades and roofs of the south-west pavilion and the agricultural complex. These measures highlight the heritage value of the remaining elements, which are evidence of the architectural transformations between the Middle Ages and the modern era. The approximate address, 2 B La Garenne de Memillon, places the monument in a preserved rural setting, although the accuracy of the location is considered satisfactory a priori according to the available sources.

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