From the main road to the south, a large driveway lined with chestnut trees leads to the property gates, to the left of an L-shaped outbuilding to the north-west. A swimming pool at its northern end is protected by a walled enclosure, which extends from the outbuilding to the castle moat, where it becomes a retaining wall. To the right of the outbuilding, an avenue of gnarled hornbeams crosses the grassy areas where fruit trees have been planted. There are a dovecote and a communal oven a few metres further on in the direction of the castle. The main building, which can be reached in less than 50 metres across the grounds, overlooks the River Charente. It is built in an L-shape, which opens onto the sunlit valley it overlooks.
Its two wings, framed by dry moats to the east and west, are bordered by terraces above, with the eastern one, which juts out towards the valley, featuring high arches running the entire length of its base. The west wing, meanwhile, looks as if it is standing on a rock at its end, and the balustrade of the terrace closes off the courtyard on the lower level facing the River Charente, which flows around 300 m below. The castle walls are crowned with crenelations scalloped on machicolations. The low-sloped half-round tile roof is concealed by battlements and the ends of the gutters are in the shape of cannon mouths. The balustrade, at the edge of the dry moat above which the entrance to the residence stands, is only just visible. Beyond this, as you go down towards the west, a house facing the stream stands on the hillside. Moors and coppices stretch out towards the river. Finally, beyond the parkland to the west, grassed areas adjoin the woods on the edge of the property.

The castle

The height of the main building was raised in the 15th century. It adjoins the original 13th century tower, two arrow slits of which remain on the western courtyard facade. The Renaissance construction is L-shaped, with the outside corner facing south. On the east side, the central part of the main building is flanked by two slightly protruding wings. The building suffered as a result of the French Wars of Religion, and in the early 17th century it was transformed into the residence as it is today, with balustrades crowning a double terrace. Because of the castle's dominant position, the ground floor to the south became the first floor with an upper terrace on the river side. On the west side of the exterior, the entrance door, dating back to 1620 and in typical Italian style, is framed by flat pilasters with Ionic capitals and surmounted by a sculpted stone entablature with drapery and flowers. The curved pediment is interrupted by a fire pot adorned with a bouquet of fruit. The upstairs windowsills boast wrought-iron guard railings. The moon, the sun and a winged angel are depicted on the east side of the terrace. The building has small-paned windows and wooden shutters.

The ground floor
There is a vestibule as you enter the building, which leads to the stairwell on the left, in the corner of the house, as well as a dining room opposite and a kitchen on the right. The first is decorated with a trompe-l'oeil by the artist Philippe Mouchès, who created the windows overlooking the parkland, the cedar, the Medici vases and the balustraded terraces. The pilasters are made from faux Campan marble. The stained-glass windows were made in the Tusson workshops in Charente. Opposite the entrance, the Renaissance-style dining room features a coffered ceiling illuminated by the two windows which overlook the Charente valley. The large double doors are framed by fluted pilasters supporting a curved pediment. The kitchen, accessible from the dining room and entrance hall, is lit by a Tusson stained-glass window and a French window leading to the upper terrace. It is equipped with a worktop with a hood and double sink, a cooker with four induction rings and one gas ring, two fan-assisted ovens (one with a steam option), a dishwasher and a four-door American fridge. The stove burns wood pellets. A bedroom, with a door opening onto a shower room and lavatory, can be reached via a small hallway off the kitchen. There is a lavatory in the hallway on the right. Then, in the corner on the dry moat side, illuminated by a window on each side, there is a room used as a storeroom and laundry room. Further on, a spiral staircase leads to the lower floor. On the other side of the arched entrance hall stands the castle's grand staircase, built to a 16th-century Spanish design with a central skylight. With a balustrade and three flights of steps, it is also bathed in light through 19th century stained-glass windows bearing the coats of arms of its former owners, the La Laurencie family and General-Count Garnier de la Boissière, chamberlain to Napoleon I and who is buried in the Panthéon. Under one of the arches, a French window leads to the west-facing terrace. A small door to the left of the exit leads to a lavatory. Following this, in the other wing, a room converted into a study and illuminated by a west-facing window precedes a large Louis XV-style gilded lounge, in which two French windows which open onto the west and east terraces. It is decorated with eight medallions of cherubs in the corners, allegories of the four seasons, while others depict Eros and the flames of passion. Finally, a Louis XV marble fireplace is topped by a window overlooking the Charente valley.
The upstairs
The landing provides a view of the painted ceiling, which was redecorated in the 19th century. To the left, in the 13th-century tower, the first room, which has been converted into a study and library, leads to a hallway that in turn leads to a shower room, before a bedroom with windows to the east, south and west. Opposite the office there is a washroom. On the right, a small door leads to a storage room at the back of the staircase. Facing this, a large red ochre hallway, which runs along the south-east facade, is flooded with light through four windows. Immediately to the left, a small door leads to the attic. After there is a large bathroom, lit by a window overlooking the terrace, with a shower, bath, lavatory and a rectangular double washbasin. The next two doors lead to a vast bedroom, with pink-painted walls and an archway, bathed in light through two windows that open onto the castle courtyard. At the far left, a yellow-painted bedroom overlooking the terrace adjoins a shower room with a lavatory in the corner of the house. At the end of the corridor, a door opens onto the last bedroom, decorated in blue, with windows overlooking the moat and a bathroom with a shower and lavatory to the east. The floors are 19th century wide floorboards laid out in English style in the bedrooms and tiles in most of the bathrooms.
Low level
Leading to the first terrace, it can be reached by the small spiral staircase and by the straight staircase leading from the main hall on the ground floor. The first leads to the medieval latrines, beneath which is a refuge room. From here, on the right, we find a room that is used as a boiler room and, on the left, three other parallel vaulted rooms, with floors tiled in ancient terracotta and lit by windows that open onto the lower terrace. To the rear of the first room, with its massive ashlar fireplace, a small room on the moat side is lit by a small opening in the wall. After passing through the next two rooms, one of which has an ancient “potager” - a Charentais plate warmer - there is a hallway opposite the grand staircase leading from the ground floor. To the left there is a small room used as a storeroom, while to the right there is a French window through which an old, long guard room can be entered, with its earthen floor, dressed stone walls and pointed barrel vault.