Construction of house milieu du XVIIIe siècle (≈ 1850)
Replaces a 17th century pavilion.
11 septembre 2006
Historical Monument
Historical Monument 11 septembre 2006 (≈ 2006)
Protection of buildings and gardens.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
The house body, including the chapel; Buildings of outbuildings located in the courtyard of the Ecuries or the Stables; buildings housing the oven and the dovecote; buildings of the reserve court or farm; the floors of the courtyards (court of honor, courtyard of the Ecuries, courtyard of the Kitchen, courtyard of the Farm); fence walls, gates and the gate of honour; the garden, the park and the three avenues of goose (cad. E 36, 39, 42, 47, 48, 50, takes place the Girards; H 3, 5, placed le Bois de Girard): inscription by order of 11 September 2006
Key figures
François Joseph de l'Estang - Sponsor and owner
Ecuyer, have the house built.
Origin and history
The mansion of the Girards, located in Saint-Aubin (Indre), was built in the middle of the eighteenth century for François Joseph de l'Estang, squire, replacing a 17th century pavilion. This building, organized between courtyard and garden, embodies the Berrichonne residential architecture of the period, with a central body flanked by two low wings. The east wing housed kitchens and chapel, while the west wing housed saddlery, coach and a bedroom. Agricultural outbuildings, organised around a courtyard, were complete together, including an isolated oven and dovecote.
Interior preserves original decorative elements, such as the walls of the chapel, those of the living room on the ground floor and a bedroom of the west wing. The garden, structured at the back, preserved its period composition, with three avenues in pawdow bordered by trees leading to the fields. This type of residence, common in Berry in the eighteenth century, illustrates the spatial and social organization of aristocratic rural properties, combining seigneurial habitat, agricultural activities and symbols of prestige (chapel, dovecote).
Classified Historic Monument by decree of 11 September 2006, the property today protects the house body, outbuildings, courtyards, fence walls, gates, as well as the park and its avenues. Although private, it bears witness to the architectural and landscape heritage of the Centre-Val de Loire, marked by the influence of local elites and their way of life between countryside and social representation.
