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The Château d'Anglesqueville-les-Murs is a late 17th-century residence built around 1690 by the knight of Miffant, head of the naval armies, on the site of an ancient medieval building. This member of a family of Dieppois shipowners and navigators had this castle built, which then passed by alliance to the Campulley families, then to the Marquis d'Héricy, before being acquired in 1842 by the Marquise of Walsh-Serrant, Duchess of La Mothe-Houdancourt. The building, of sober style, consists of a central low body flanked by two square pavilions, typical of the cozy residences of the time.

The castle, which was damaged during the Second World War by German occupation troops, was then abandoned and purchased in 1962 by Jacques Giffard. The latter undertook a complete restoration of the building, saving this architectural testimony from the Norman heritage. The facades, roofs and an old cooler of the park were protected by an inscription to historic monuments in 1991, thereby recognizing its heritage value.

The castle illustrates the influence of the Dieppois shipowners, whose fortunes were built on maritime commerce and naval activities in the seventeenth century. Its architecture blending sandstone and mud bricks reflects the local materials of the Pays de Caux, while its history reflects the upheavals of the 19th and 20th centuries, between aristocratic heritages, world conflicts and heritage rescues. Today private property not open to the public, there remains a remarkable example of seigneurial residences of this period in Normandy.

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