House and hunting park dans la Somme

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Origin and history

The "Château" of Loeuilly, located in Ô-de-Selle (today Loeuilly, Somme), is a residential project born in the late 19th century under the impetus of a young couple from the Earth bourgeoisie. Their way of life, based on the incomes of rents and rents, revolves around a common passion for hunting, a social activity popular in their environment. This hobby drives them to transform a simple country house into a more ambitious set, with turrets evoking a castle, complemented by a functional farm and hunting park, a rare and innovative element in their social environment.

The hunting park, the heart of the project, reflects a desire for distinction and animation of their local worldly life. Unlike the bourgeois traditions of the time, often centered on urban residences or traditional agricultural estates, this couple opted for a landscaped landscape dedicated to hunting, thus marking their singularity. The house, its outbuildings (commons, house of servants), a winter garden, a vegetable garden and fence walls form a coherent set, designed to combine utility, leisure and prestige.

Ranked Historic Monument by order of 25 March 2010, the site protects the entire house, its surroundings and the hunting park. This classification underlines the heritage value of an architectural and landscape project that reflects the aspirations of a rural bourgeoisie seeking social recognition through playful and ostentatious activities. The absence of sources detailing the names of the owners or architects limits the precise knowledge of its genesis, but its originality in the picard landscape remains remarkable.

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