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  6. Château de Beauvais in Gévezé

 Château de Beauvais in Gévezé en Ille-et-Vilaine

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château
Ille-et-Vilaine

Château de Beauvais in Gévezé

    Beauvais
    35850 Gévezé
Photo de Château de Beauvais in Gévezé
Crédit photo : Pymouss - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1427
First manor house
1587
Start of reconstructions
1647
Foundation of the Chapel
1670
Gilles de Lescu seigneur
1680
County Erection
18 décembre 1956
First protection
12 juin 2009
Extended protection
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The castle, namely the facades and roofs of the house, main body and wing in return; the courtyard of honour and the park with their fences and architectural elements; the vegetable garden with its fence and shed; the dovecote in full; the former commons comprising the whole wood-pan barn, the facades and roofs of the shed and stables, the barn, the house of residence, as well as the plate of the plots supporting these communes and the access aisle to the castle (cad. E 533, 534, 536 to 540, 542 to 544, 553 to 558, 1058): registration by order of 12 June 2009

Key figures

Bonabes Biet - Initial rebuilder Start work in 1587.
Gilles de Lescu - Lord of the castle Owner from 1670.
Famille de Lescu de Runfao - Members of Parliament Owners and planners in the 17th century.
Louis XIV - King of France Set up the seigneury in the county.

Origin and history

Beauvais Castle, located in Gévezé in Ille-et-Vilaine, replaces a medieval mansion named Beauvois Hostel mentioned in 1427. The present building, built mainly in the seventeenth century, adopts a plan in L with a body of longitudinal houses flanked by two circular dome towers and a central square tower. Its architecture combines ordered elevations, various roofs (long panels, rumps, pavilions) and a granite staircase. The interiors, remodeled in the 19th and 20th centuries, preserve woodwork from the Regency period, while the commons in wood and earth testify to the associated agricultural activities.

The estate was built in the county by Louis XIV in 1680, after work initiated by Bonabes Biet in 1587, then continued in the 17th century by the family of Lescu de Runfao, councillors in the Parliament of Rennes. Gilles de Lescu, lord of the place from 1670 onward, marked this period. A chapel founded in 1647 (destroyed around 1870) and a enclosed garden of earth walls complete the whole. The castle, registered as a historical monument since 1956 and extended in 2009, also protects a dovecote on land and agricultural outbuildings, reflecting its role as a seigneurial and economic center.

The interior decorations, although partially remodeled, and the exterior structures (courtyard, park, walkway) illustrate the evolution of a Breton aristocratic home between Renaissance and modern times. Local materials, such as granite for the main staircase or torchis for the communes, highlight regional anchoring. The site, still partially visible (street view), remains a major architectural and historical testimony of Ille-et-Vilaine.

External links

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