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  6. Château d'Annéot

 Château d'Annéot dans l'Yonne

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château
Yonne

Château d'Annéot

    16 Voie communale Grande Rue
    89200 Annéot
Château dAnnéot
Château dAnnéot
Château dAnnéot
Château dAnnéot
Crédit photo : Pucesurvitaminee - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1643
Partial acquisition of the seigneury
1700
Reunification of the seigneury
fin XVIIe - début XVIIIe siècle
Construction of the castle
4 novembre 1984
Registration for historical monuments
avril 2023
Purchase and catering
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Entrance gate with its pilasters and the fence wall with its two false doors; facades and roofs of the castle and communes including the entrance door of the latter and the gate of the communes with its pilasters; staircase of the castle with its wrought iron ramp and the first living room with its decor; Pigeon; Saint-Gengoult fountain (cad. A 298-302) : entry by order of 4 November 1983

Key figures

Étienne Champion (1600c-?) - Lord and receiver of the salt attic First known purchaser of the seigneury.
Étienne (II) Champion (1655-1725) - Lieutenant at Avallon bailiff Gathered the seigneury in 1700.
Charles-François Champion (1701-1779) - Lord of Annaot and builder Have the present castle built.
Michel-Auguste-Charles Guillet de Monts (1783-1853) - Mayor of Annaot and heir Sends the castle by inheritance.
Valérie Thirion (1879-1954) - Last single heiress Owner until his death.

Origin and history

The Château d'Annéot, located in the Yonne in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, finds its origins in a seigneury divided in the seventeenth century. In 1643, Étienne Champion, receiver of the salt attic of Avallon and future anobli, acquired part of the estate. His grandson, Charles-François Champion (1701-1779), squire and seigneur of Annéot, built the present building at the end of the 17th or early 18th century on the bases of an ancient mansion. The castle, typical of the architecture of Vallonnais, is accompanied by gardens inspired by Versailles, with basins, statues and caves in rock.

The property then passed by inheritance to the Guillet de Monts family in the 18th century, then to the Thirion de Noville in the 19th. Without a direct descendant, the castle was transferred to Valérie Thirion (1879-1954), who remained the last single owner. Left behind for decades, it was bought in 2023 for major restoration. Since 1984, its facades, roofs, entrance gates, dovecoier and fountain Saint-Gengoult have been listed as historical monuments.

The 5 hectare estate retains remarkable features such as a green office, commons ( stables, barns), and a fountain hidden in the park. The entrance gate, adorned with pilasters and carved vases, leads to an honorary courtyard bordered by the castle, whose central pavilion still bears the Champions' coat of arms: "TEGIT HAEC NECAT ALTERA", with a badge representing an armed man. The gardens, described in 1912 as a miniature replica of Versailles, mingled with the French, statues and water games, now partially disappeared.

Although private property is not open to the public, new owners are studying the opening of gardens. The castle illustrates the history of the anobliated bourgeois families of Avallon, linked to the local institutions (bailing, salt attic) and the nobility of dress under the Old Regime. Its architecture and interior decorations (forged iron staircase, decorated living room) reflect the provincial fascist of the 18th century.

External links

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