First fief entries Moyen Âge (≈ 1125)
Medieval Fief attested without precision
1760
Construction of cast iron furnace
Construction of cast iron furnace 1760 (≈ 1760)
Use of old castle materials
1778
Building the current castle
Building the current castle 1778 (≈ 1778)
Reuse of furnace stones
7 octobre 1991
Registration for historical monuments
Registration for historical monuments 7 octobre 1991 (≈ 1991)
Protection of the domain and its elements
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
Castle, including the ironing of the staircase, woodwork and the four fireplaces of living rooms and rooms; four entrance piles of the inner courtyard and buildings of the communes (Case D 40): inscription by order of 7 October 1991
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Origin and history
The Château de Beauregard is a 4th quarter of the 18th century building, located in the commune of Veurdre, in the department of Allier (region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes). Built in 1778, it replaces an ancient medieval castle whose fief is attested from the Middle Ages. Its materials come in part from the demolition of a nearby cast iron furnace, built in 1760 with the stones of the former fortress. This monument illustrates the evolution of rural estates at the end of the Old Regime, where master houses are integrated into organized farms.
The estate consists of a master house with a terraced garden, and three agricultural buildings (stable, shed, barn) arranged around a courtyard closed by two circular batteries. The ensemble has preserved its original carpentry, woodwork and fireplaces, offering an intact testimony of bourgeois domestic architecture of the second half of the eighteenth century. These elements, as well as the ironwork of the staircase and outbuildings, motivated its inscription in historical monuments in 1991.
Beauregard embodies a rare example of preserved rural property, where spatial organization and architectural details reflect the social and economic practices of the time. The reuse of materials from the nearby furnace also highlights the links between the emerging industry (here, metallurgy) and the earth's aristocracy, characteristic of the Bourbon region on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
