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Origin and history

The Château de Trancis found its origins in a bourgeois house built around 1830 in Ydes. This original, modest building was acquired in 1878 by textile manufacturer J. Galvaing, from the region. This first owner marks a transition to a more ambitious vocation, although the major transformation takes place only later.

Between 1909 and 1913, architect Louis Raynaud and sculptor Émile Gourgouillon, both based in Clermont-Ferrand, transformed the residence into an eclectic neo-Renaissance castle. The limestone extensions, imported from the quarries of the Seine (Yvelines), include a perpendicular wing, a polygonal staircase tower to the north, and a peg tower topped by a campanile to the south. The interior and exterior decorations, partly attributed to Gourgouillon, illustrate the architectural fascist of the early twentieth century.

The landscaping project, entrusted to the Treyve brothers of Moulins, remains inabouti or profoundly modified. A sketch by G. Maurie, also from Clermont-Ferrand, testifies to the collaboration of other artisans. The castle, registered as a historic monument in 2002, has been home to a hotel since 1988. Among his scattered furniture was a statuette by Carrier-Belleuse, La Lisuse, highlighting his past of bourgeois residence.

The communes, aligned to the west, include a barn, a saddlery and sheds, while the landscaped garden includes a wooden and brick factory, serving as a pigeonhouse and a henhouse. Two terraces connected by a symmetrical staircase once adorned the south facade, with a water jet basin now extinct. The property, always private, embodies the industrial and artistic heritage of the Auvergne at the turn of the 20th century.

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