Period of rock panelling XVIIIe siècle (≈ 1850)
Interior fittings preserved today.
31 août 1992
First partial protection
First partial protection 31 août 1992 (≈ 1992)
Registration facades and roofs of the castle.
15 février 2021
Wider protection of the field
Wider protection of the field 15 février 2021 (≈ 2021)
Registration chapel, park, outbuildings and orchard.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
Facades and roofs (Case C 117): inscription by order of 31 August 1992; The following parts of the estate of the castle of Buigny-Saint-Maclou: the facades and roofs of the castle, the rooms on the ground floor of the castle having preserved their 18th century rock-walled walls, the hall and the staircase (section AA plot n°34); the entire chapel (section AA parcel no. 30); the whole landscaped park with the cooler, the entrance gate (section AA parcels 24, 33 and 43); all the wood attached to the park and to the lower yard (section AA parcels No 36, 40, 41, 45 and section D parcels No 9, 11, 44, 46 and 53); the total orchard (Section AA Parcel No. 38); the facades and roofs of the house of the gamekeeper (section AA parcel n°31); the facades and roofs of the concierge (section AA parcel No. 32); facades and roofs of buildings forming the lower yard (section AA parcel No. 35); the whole vegetable garden and the facades and roofs of the gardener's house (section AA parcel n°37), as delimited on the plan annexed to the decree and appearing in the cadastre section AA parcels n°24, 30 to 38, 40, 41, 43 and 45, section D parcels n°9, 11, 44, 46 and 53: inscription by order of 15 February 2021
Origin and history
The castle of Buigny-Saint-Maclou is a historical monument located in the eponymous commune of the department of the Somme, in the Hauts-de-France region (formerly Picardie). This castle is distinguished by its protected architectural elements, including its facades, roofs, as well as interior rooms that preserve 18th-century rock-style panels. These features are a remarkable testimony to the local architectural heritage, although the available sources do not specify the exact date of its initial construction.
The successive protections of the castle illustrate its heritage importance. A first decree of 31 August 1992 inscribed the facades and roofs of the main building. More recently, a decree of 15 February 2021 extended this protection to the whole estate, including the chapel, the landscape park with its cooler, the adjoining buildings (bass-yard, concierge, house of the hunting guard), as well as an orchard and a vegetable garden. These measures highlight the historical and landscape value of the site, although the accessible archives do not detail its history or its former owners.
The estate extends over several cadastral plots, covering not only the castle and its immediate outbuildings, but also natural areas such as an adjoining wood and an English park. The presence of an entrance gate and a cooler suggests a spatial organization typical of the great aristocratic or bourgeois properties of the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. However, the current sources do not allow us to accurately trace the evolution of the site or its role in local history.
The location of the castle, in Buigny-Saint-Maclou (code Insee 80149), near Amiens, places this monument in a territory marked by a rich rural and seigneurial history. The 18th-century rock panelling, an ornamental style characteristic of this period, indicates that parts of the castle were built or renovated during this period, reflecting the taste for elegance and asymmetry characteristic of the rock movement. No information is available on the sponsors or architects involved.
The lack of data on opening to the public, visiting, or the services offered (such as guest rooms) limits the knowledge of its contemporary use. The photographs available, such as the one credited to APictche under Creative Commons license, show an imposing building, but precise architectural or historical details remain to be documented. The sources mentioned (Monumentum, Mérimée base) provide an administrative and legal basis, without providing a complete historical narrative.
In the regional context of the Hauts-de-France, castles such as Buigny-Saint-Maclou were often centres of local power, linked to agriculture, seigneurial management, or later, to the earth bourgeoisie. Their preservation today bears witness to a built and landscaped heritage that still structures the territory, even if the accessible archives do not allow to reconstitute their past. Recent protections (2021) suggest a renewed interest in saving these sets, combining architecture, nature and collective memory.
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