Initial construction XVIIe siècle (≈ 1750)
Summer residence for Jean de La Place
début des années 1920
End of family occupation
End of family occupation début des années 1920 (≈ 1920)
Departure of the Val family
1er juillet 1991
Official protection
Official protection 1er juillet 1991 (≈ 1991)
Registration for historical monuments
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
Castle, excluding contemporary functional developments; wells (wells, mechanisms and buildings); facades and roofs of stables and game sheds; stables, including remaining stalls; facades and roofs of the two entrance pavilions; forecourt, courtyard of honour and old garden (possibility of parcels A 188, 189 and 191, including all elements of their fence: walls, pillars, log-dwelling); Planted avenue and old pool (right-of-way from A 142, 141, 418, 265 to 269) (cad. A 188-191, 141, 142, 265-269, 418): entry by order of 1 July 1991
Key figures
Jean de La Place - First known owner
Sponsor of the castle in the 17th century
Famille Dambray - Subsequent owner
In the castle after La Place
Famille du Val de l'Escaude - Last noble occupants
Until the early 1920s
Origin and history
The Château d'Ouville is a 17th and 18th century residence in the commune of Ouville-l'Abbaye, Seine-Maritime, Normandy. This monument, built in bricks, stones and slates, illustrates the aristocratic residential architecture of the modern era. It is characterized by its forecourt, its court of honour, and an old garden, elements protected since 1991.
Originally, the castle was built as a summer residence for Jean de La Place in the 17th century. He then passed into the hands of influential families, including the Dambray and Val de l'Escaude, which occupied him until the early 1920s. These families, from the parliamentary nobility, marked the history of the place by their social status and their role in the judicial institutions of the Old Regime.
The estate includes several remarkable outbuildings, such as stables, stables, a game shed, and two entrance pavilions. A historic well, as well as a planted avenue and an old pool, complete this architectural complex. The whole, including fences and landscape developments, has been protected as historical monuments since 1 July 1991.
Today, the castle belongs to a private company. Although its access to the public is not clearly documented, its preservation reflects the heritage importance of seigneurial residences in Normandy. Available sources, such as the Merimée database and Flohic editions, highlight its role in the local historical landscape.
The location of the castle, at 257 Chemin de la Mare Falcon, is specified by GPS coordinates, but the quality of this location is considered satisfactory (level 6/10). The monument is part of a Norman rural territory, marked by an agricultural and seigneurial history, where the castles served as both places of power and resort residences for the aristocracy.
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