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 Quincy Castle dans le Cher

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château de style Louis XIII

Quincy Castle

    7-13 Chemin du Domaine
    18120 Quincy
Private property
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Timeline

Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1490
Aborted fortification project
fin XIVe siècle
First mention of osel
1637
Construction of the current castle
1648
Viscount Erection
vers 1708
Adding side wings
1992
Historical Monument
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Castle, including interior decorations; two entrance pavilions on either side of the access aisle; facades and roofs of the shed bordering the courtyard of the castle in the northwest; facades and roofs of the buildings of the old farm located in the northwest of the castle (including: in the north, house with barn and garage contiguous; to the west, building body perpendicular to the dwelling, housing a shed and housing and situated along the rural road known as the Domaine; east, storeroom; Dove; body of porch with its passage); well of the old farm; access to the castle; forecourt of the castle; court of honor of the castle; gardens; channel; stone stairs that connect the three terraces and retaining walls of these; Balustrade; two basins of the lower terrace floor; all of the park with its wooded part, including the benches in it and the fence walls (cad. B 29 to 39; C 1598, 1602 to 1604, 1606, 2528 to 2531, 2533, 2535 to 2538, 2649) : classification by order of 31 March 1992

Key figures

Jacquelin et Johannet Trousseau - Initial owners Brothers holding the osel at the end of the 14th century.
Regnault Thierry de Mehun - Charles VII surgeon Owner in the 15th century, linked to the legend of Jeanne d'Arc.
Louis Dupont - Lord of Quincy Obtained in 1490 an unrealized right of fortification.
Charles Pinon de Quincy - Master of motions, intendant Sponsor of the castle in 1637, anobli in 1648.
Fils de Charles Pinon - Intendant of Burgundy Added the wings and set up the gardens around 1708.
Monsieur de Noinville - Engineer General Aura designed gardens (assumption).

Origin and history

Quincy Castle, located in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region, is a 17th and 18th century Louis XIII building. It replaces a hypothetical medieval castle dated 1490 or earlier. Ranked a historic monument since 1992, it is now owned by the Pelletier-Ponroy family for eight generations. Its architecture consists of a body of rectangular houses flanked by two wings in return of square, surrounded by pavilions and a courtyard of honor. The gardens, organized in three terraces connected by stairs, descend to the Cher Valley, forming a vast amphitheater.

Originally, the seigneury of Quincy belonged to the brothers Jacquelin and Johannet Trousseau at the end of the 14th century, then to Regnault Thierry de Mehun, surgeon of Charles VII. A legend evokes a stay of Joan of Arc on site. In 1490 Louis Dupont obtained permission to strengthen the castle, but the project never came into being. In 1648 Louis XIV erected Quincy as a Viscount for Charles Pinon de Quincy, master of petitions and intendant of the Berry. His son, intendant of Burgundy in 1705, had the lateral wings added and the gardens built around 1708, perhaps with engineer Noinville.

The estate retains remarkable elements: a farm with infirmary, bakery and dovecote, bearing witness to its wine-growing past, as well as interior decorations (painted ceilings of the seventeenth century, lambris of the eighteenth). The kitchens and stables, partially destroyed in the 19th century, left room for the town hall and a school. The 17-hectare wooded park, enclosed with walls, completes this classified complex, including alleys, basins and retaining walls.

The castle remains a private property and a family wine estate. Its classification in 1992 protects all its architecture, gardens and park, reflecting its heritage importance in the region. The sources also mention plans attributed to Philippe Richon (entrepreneur) and the engineer of Noinville for 18th-century developments.

External links

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