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  6. Domaine de Beauvoir

Domaine de Beauvoir à Arthun dans la Loire

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Domaine de Beauvoir

    364 Rue Jean de Neufbourg
    42130 Arthun
Photo de Domaine de Beauvoir
Crédit photo : Frédérique Défrade - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
vers 1780
Construction of the current castle
1861-1862
Installation of wallpaper *Brazil*
1864
Construction of the cooler
XIXe siècle
Added second floor
1986
Gift of the castle to the municipality
1990
Restoration of the estate
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The castle; kennel; the cooler; the wind turbine (cf. B 248, 264 to 266): entry by order of 4 September 1990 - The castle in total, the park in total with the enclosure wall, the communes, the kennel, the wind turbine and the bodies of water (cad. B 242 to 245, 247, 248, 250, 261, 264 to 274, 1168, 1171, 1173, 1175, 1176, 1178, 1179, 1181, 1333, 1335, 1338, 1339, 1342, 239, 1169, 1170, placedit Beauvoir): registration by order of 4 July 2007

Key figures

Antoine-Camille de Rochefort - Count of Bussy and owner Commander of the castle around 1780.
Pietro Antonio Gabbio (ou Michel dal Gabbio) - Italian architect Author of the plans of the castle.
Jean-Baptiste Courtin de Neufbourg - Count and owner in the 19th century Amenage the park and added the gazebo.

Origin and history

The Beauvoir estate, located in Arthun, is an architectural complex of the 4th quarter of the 18th century, including a house, communes, a chapel, a park (with canal, cooler, kennel and wind farm) and a farm. The logis, of square plan, has symmetrical facades in bellows coated with granite frames. Its oak main staircase, with three straight flights, and its lantern covered with an octagonal zinc bulb are remarkable. The primitive castle, which remains traces of ditches, was replaced around 1780 by a Louis XVI-style construction by the Italian architect Pietro Antonio Gabbio (or Michel dal Gabbio).

In the 19th century, the estate was modified with the addition of a second floor, a lantern, and the English-language park, including a terrace in front of the castle. A rare panoramic wallpaper, Brazil (1861-1862) from the Desfossé manufacture, decorates the interior. The estate, owned by the families of Mars, Damascus of Varennes, Girard, then Rochefort, was acquired in 1843 by Count Jean-Baptiste Courtin of Neufbourg. The latter added a gazebo, a cooler (circa 1864), a wind turbine, a kennel, and planted sequoias. Given to the municipality in 1986, the castle was bought and restored in 1990.

The estate is partially classified as Historic Monument: the castle, park, communes, kennel, wind turbine and water bodies are protected by decrees of 1990 and 2007. Its architecture combines 18th century heritage and 19th century transformations, reflecting the evolution of tastes and uses of an aristocratic home. The utility elements (glacier, wind turbine) and decorative elements (park, wallpaper) testify to its adaptation to the lifestyles of successive periods.

The history of the estate is marked by its owners: the Counts of Rochefort, who built the present castle, and the Courtin of Neufbourg, which enriched it in the 19th century. The last count offered the estate to the commune in 1986, avoiding its abandonment. The restoration of 1990 allowed its preservation, stressing its heritage importance in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

External links

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