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Castle of Mosse dans la Creuse

Creuse

Castle of Mosse

    2 Moisse
    23270 Bétête
Photo de Castle of Mosse
Alphonse de Nussac photographe français du début du XXe siècle

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1816
Installation of Claude Amable de Beaufranchet
1843
Initial construction of the castle
1854
Transmission to Ernest de Beaufranchet
1877
Expansion project initiated
1878-1884
Expansion work
1er juillet 1882
Accidental death of Ernest
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Key figures

Claude Amable de Beaufranchet - Founder of the castle Built the initial residence in 1843.
Ernest de Beaufranchet - Owner and innovative farmer Expanded the estate to 1,100 hectares.
Fernand de Beaufranchet - Expander Turned the castle into Louis XIII style.
Jean-Bélizaire Moreau - Architect Directed the expansion from 1878 to 1884.
Geneviève de Barral - Last known heiress Received the castle after Fernand died.

Origin and history

The castle of Mosse was built around the middle of the 19th century on the town of Bétête, in the Creuse. Claude Amable de Beaufranchet, installed since 1816 at the Petit château du Puy (Tercillat), bought farms in Moisse and built in 1843 a residence inspired by the Puy. He left it to his son Ernest in 1854, which extended the estate to 1,100 hectares through acquisitions and modernization of local agriculture.

Under the Second Empire, Ernest de Beaufranchet consolidated his fortune with his agricultural innovations, unrelated to Napoleon III. In 1877 his son Fernand, dissatisfied with the austere aspect of the castle (which he compared to a "barracket"), launched a project of enlargement. The works, led by architect Jean-Bélizaire Moreau de Moulins, began in 1878 and ended in 1884, after the accidental death of Ernest in 1882. The castle then adopted a Louis XIII style, with wings and towers added.

The architect is inspired by 17th century castles to transform the original building, giving it a majestic look. The estate also includes a dozen well preserved barns. At the death of Fernand, his daughter Geneviève de Barral inherited the castle, perpetuating his family history. Today, the castle of Mosse bears witness to the architectural and agricultural evolution of Creuse in the 19th century.

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