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Hervieu Farm, also known as Ferme Neuve, is an agricultural estate located in Beaumontel, Normandy's Eure department. Built in the 19th century, it includes a Second Empire style castle, a landscaped park with bolting and factories, as well as outbuildings such as greenhouses and commons. This area illustrates the architectural and agricultural evolution between the 19th and 20th centuries, mixing aristocratic heritage and rural modernity.

The castle was built under the Second Empire and expanded in 1900 by Albert Parissot, Senator of the Eure from Beaumontel. The latter adds a pavilion, sets up the park with lime prospects and an honour grid (now gone), and has greenhouses and communes built. The estate becomes an example of integration between nature and architecture, reflecting the taste of the era for landscaped gardens and country residences.

During the Second World War, the Germans set up an airfield nearby, causing allied bombardments that severely damaged the castle and the village. In 1948, the estate, then abandoned, was purchased by farmer Robert Hervieu. He began his restoration and called on architect Robert Feuillade to repair the damage and build a large farmed building in 1950, nicknamed the Stable.

The Stable, an iconic building of the New Farm, embodies the modernization of post-war agriculture. Built in raw concrete, it incorporates innovative equipment for the period: stable, feeders, water tanks, purin evacuation system, food preparation room and even a veterinary infirmary. Overwhelmed by hay and grain attices, its functional and aesthetic design is internationally renowned. Since 2012, this building has been converted into a space for exhibitions and artistic activities.

The castle, on the other hand, is distinguished by its brick and stone facades, typical of 19th century eclecticism. The park, with its factories and boltrin, as well as the western perspective lined with lime trees, complete this remarkable ensemble. Since 2015, the Hervieu Farm has been listed as historical monuments, protecting the castle, stable, stable, gardener's house, greenhouses, communes, park and its landscape perspective.

Today, the site reflects both the aristocratic legacy of the 19th century, marked by Albert Parissot, and the agricultural revolution of the 20th century, carried by Robert Hervieu. Its inscription among historical monuments underscores its heritage importance, combining history, architecture and rural innovation in Normandy.

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