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  6. Domaine du château de Valmate

 Domaine du château de Valmate à Saint-Laurent-les-Églises en Haute-Vienne

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Château de style néo-Renaissance
Château de style Louis XIII
Haute-Vienne

Domaine du château de Valmate

    Le Bourg
    87340 Saint-Laurent-les-Églises
Private property
Museums of France
All the castles of France Revival style castle Louis XIII style castle
Château de Valmate
Domaine du château de Valmate
Domaine du château de Valmate
Domaine du château de Valmate
Domaine du château de Valmate
Domaine du château de Valmate
Domaine du château de Valmate
Domaine du château de Valmate
Crédit photo : Fourgeaudg - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1791
Purchase of Siriex fief
1858
Sale to Jean-Baptiste Mignon
1905-1907
Construction of the chapel
1993
Pillow of the castle
19 décembre 1996
Partial registration in MH
2024
Classification of the Great Farm
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Facades and roofs of the castle and interior of the chapel; facades and roofs of the stable building and the guard house; park with its remaining factories and fittings and its ironwork fence (cad. AD 23-27, 29-34): entry by order of 19 December 1996; The following parts of the domain of Valmate, in total: the Grande Ferme (parcelle AD 42), the hydraulic network of the domain (parcelles AD 4, 18, 19, 29, 40, 41, 42, 44, 76 and 77), the large driveway of access to the castle (parcelle AD 40), located on plots No 4, 18, 19, 29, 40, 41, 42, 44, 76 and 77, appearing in the cadastre section AD, as represented in red on the plan annexed to the decree: inscription by decree of 23 August 2022; The "grande ferme", in total, of the estate of the Château de Valmate, located 36 Route de la Jonchère, on parcels No 41 and No 42 in the cadastre section AD of the commune, as represented in red on the plan annexed to the decree: classification by decree of 31 May 2024

Key figures

Guillaume de Léobardy - Initial owner Buyer of Siriex's fief in 1791.
Paul de Léobardy - Polytechnician and farmer The son of William, ruined in 1858.
Jean-Baptiste Java Mignon - Engineer and builder Rename Valmate, build the castle.
Famille Duchambon - Current restaurants Repurchase in 1994, works in progress.

Origin and history

Valmate Castle, sometimes called Walmath, is a building located in Saint-Laurent-les-Églises, Haute-Vienne, at the foot of the Ambazac Mountains. Originally named Siriex (meaning "cherry tree" in Limousin), the estate was acquired in 1791 by Guillaume de Léobardy, heir to the estate of Vignau. His son Paul, a polytechnician passionate about agriculture, and his brother Charles, a fixer of the bovine race, inherited it, but Paul, ruined, sold the estate in 1858 to Jean-Baptiste Java Mignon, limougeaud engineer.

Jean-Baptiste Java Mignon renamed the Valmate estate, with reference to the stream crossing the property, and built there a neo-Louis XIII style castle, surrounded by a wooded park and a farm. He set up statues of cow and bull at the entrance of the stable. After his death in 1894, his daughter built a neo-Renaissance chapel between 1905 and 1907. Sold in 1962, the estate was gradually abandoned, looted in 1993, then bought in 1994 by the Duchambon family, which undertook a restoration still in progress.

The castle, partially listed as a historical monument since 1996, is an ecological site hosting bat colonies. It served as the setting for the series Le Pain Noir in 1974 and opens to the public at the European Heritage Days. In 2022 and 2024, new protections were granted to elements of the estate, including the Grande Ferme and the hydraulic network.

External links

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