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 Château de Béneauville in Bavent dans le Calvados

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château de style Classique
Calvados

Château de Béneauville in Bavent

    Béneauville
    14860 Bavent
Photo de Château de Béneauville in Bavent
Crédit photo : Roi.dagobert - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1589–1592
Reconstruction of the castle
1782
Change of ownership
22 janvier 1943
Classification of the fleet
6 octobre 1958
Partial classification
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Facades and roofs; three painted beams ceilings (two of which are on the ground floor, in the living and dining room, and the third on the first floor in a bedroom); four carved stone fireplaces (one on the ground floor in the dining room, the other three on the first floor in the bedrooms); fireplace and woodwork of the small salon Louis XV, woodwork of the chimney mantle marked with the figure of Béthune-Sully (Box D 87p): classification by order of 6 October 1958

Key figures

Louis de Touchet - Owner and reconstructor Rebuilt the castle with Marie de L-Estendart.
Adrien de Touchet - Heir and decorator Complete interior layout around 1600.
Pierre Housset de Catteville - Acquirer in 1782 Treasurer of wars, new owner.
Henri-Gabriel-Marie Le Bègue de Germiny - Owner in the 19th century Last mentioned owner before 1900.

Origin and history

The castle of Béneauville is a house rebuilt between 1589 and 1592 in the commune of Bavent, Calvados (Normandy). It replaces a building destroyed during the Wars of Religion. The family of Touchet, the king's squire, owned it from the thirteenth century to 1782. Louis de Touchet and his wife Marie de L Its facades, roofs, painted ceilings and Renaissance fireplaces were classified in 1958.

The estate passed in 1782 to Pierre Housset de Catteville, treasurer of the wars, and in the 19th century to Henri-Gabriel-Marie Le Bègue de Germiny. The castle is distinguished by its axe iron and 17th century fins. Its park, classified in 1943, and its interiors (Louis XV woodworks, coat of arms fireplaces) bear witness to its historical prestige.

The protected elements include three painted beam ceilings, four carved chimneys (late Renaissance), and woodwork marked with Bethune-Sully weapons. The site, located between the plain of Caen and the country of Auge, illustrates Norman seigneurial architecture of the 16th–15th centuries.

Touchet's family, linked to the crown, embodied the local aristocracy before the Revolution. The castle, symbol of power, survives religious conflicts and changes of owners, preserving an exceptional movable and landscaped heritage.

Its partial classification in 1958 and the protection of the park in 1943 underline its historical value. Today, there remains a testimony of Norman Renaissance houses, combining architectural elegance and family heritage.

The sources (Wikipedia, Monumentum) confirm its status as a historical monument, with precisely dated elements (ceilings, chimneys) and a verified location (Mérimée frame: 14860 Bavent, Calvados).

External links

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Page Monumentum