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Heritage classified
Facades and roofs; inside staircase; chimneys of the two main rooms of the ground floor and of a room of the first floor (Box H 65): inscription by order of 7 March 1975
Key figures
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Origin and history
The Châtellier Manor House, located in Frazé (Eure-et-Loir), is a 16th-century building used as an advanced defence at the local castle. Devastated during the Hundred Years War, it was rebuilt around 1500 on a hillside surrounded by ditches. Its west and north facades, pierced by murderers, testify to its defensive role. The architecture combines bricks with a diamond-shaped decoration and stone-cut for frames and chains of angles.
The main house, extended by a pavilion and a square tower, forms an asymmetric set. A second tower, adjacent to the north pavilion, is connected to a bait against the building body. These elements, typical of the Renaissance, reflect a transition from military to seigneurial residence. The manor house has been partially protected since 1975 (façades, roofs, interior staircases and fireplaces).
Frazé, in the Centre-Val de Loire, was at that time a seigneury marked by feudal conflicts and the post-war reconstruction of Cent Ans. Manor houses like the Châtellier embodied both local power and the need to protect oneself in a strategically disputed area between the kingdoms of France and England. Their hybrid architecture illustrates the evolution of needs: defense, but also comfort and social representation.
