A driveway lined with horse chestnuts and linden trees, planted in 1772, leads up to the middle of the property. The chateau stands there, surrounded by a water-filled moat that is around 380 metres long. The edifice forms a U shape and has around 20 rooms. It faces east. Its west-facing rear elevation offers a spectacular view of the Valdaine hills and the Chartreuse mountains. The chateau’s elevations are rendered. Its hipped roofs of tiles laid in a fish-scale pattern have lower slopes that flare out with eaves. These roofs are crowned with finials and punctuated with hipped dormers. Many tall cross windows with small and large panes dot the elevations evenly. They are set in surrounds of white ashlar and fitted with wooden shutters on the ground floor. A triangular pediment with a bull’s-eye window caps the middle of each section of the building. The drawbridge is flanked with two small, pyramidal-roofed structures a few dozen metres apart from each other. To the east, beyond this drawbridge, lies a series of outbuildings opposite the chateau. The walled square court has lawns in a radial design centred upon a fountain. Two tall gates framed between stone pillars lead into the court, as does a carriage door. The buildings are surrounded by meadows, woods and forests with unspoilt views. The chateau and its outhouses are listed as a historical monument.

The chateau

The chateau has a ground floor, a first floor and a second floor in the roof space. There is a cellar that can be reached via the foundations, which probably date back to the 14th or 15th century. It lies beneath the south-wing chapel. The layout inside the chateau has been enlarged over the centuries and it is easy to move around within the edifice thanks to the different staircases that were added as the building was redesigned over time. From the main entrance hall, a large staircase connects to all the floors.

The ground floor
From each elevation of the north and south wings, and from the middle of the west-facing facade, doors lead into the ground floor. The central entrance hall is spacious, high-ceilinged and filled with natural light. A black-and-beige checked pattern of stone squares adorns its floor. In a stairwell of stucco walls, the main staircase with wooden stairs and a wrought-iron balustrade connects to all the floors. The north wing contains a lounge and a kitchen. The lounge has a beautiful floor of large stone slabs, a French-style beamed ceiling and an imposing 15th-century stone fireplace. The kitchen has a table in the middle, a stone sink and appliances for modern life. The south wing has a chapel with a gallery, a painting of the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child on her knees, a holy oils cupboard, and a tabernacle made or bronze or gilded wood and embellished with the Lamb of God. A small lounge, corridors, a second staircase and hallways take up the rest of this section. Along one side of the chateau, there is a row of spaces: a small room, then a dining room and then a large square living room. All are listed for their historical interest. The dining room features a fountain made of marble and stone with a carved face and copper taps. Hexagonal terracotta tiles adorn its floor. The room has dado panelling and ceiling mouldings. The large square living room in one corner has a floor area of around 100m². It contains a furniture collection from the famous Hache cabinetmaker family and it features a trumeau panel with a painting of the Tivoli waterfalls. Pilasters, cornices and wall panelling adorn this living room. Parquet patterned with pointed shapes of different types of wood covers the floor. A lounge with parquet patterned with a star in the middle and a library with Versailles parquet and leather door surrounds and walls complete this row of rooms.

The first floor
The first floor is a private area that visitors to the chateau are not allowed to enter. It is made up of a small lounge, eight bedrooms and some bathrooms and shower rooms. The floors are adorned with either parquet, stone slabs or terracotta tiles. The parquet floors are made of solid wood. Each parquet pattern is different, which is rare to see. You reach the first floor via staircases at each end of the chateau and via an intermediate landing.

The second floor
Part of the second floor is liveable and the rest of it is a loft space. A large, self-contained studio apartment lies up here. From a corridor with a terracotta-tiled floor, you can reach a vast attic. At the top, in the middle, there is a small tower that probably used to be a dovecote.

The outbuildings

The outbuildings lie opposite the chateau, on the far side of the walled court. They form a U shape.

The washing structure
The washing shelter lies in the middle of the court on a lawn. A gable roof crowns it.

The carport
On the court’s north side, this car shelter houses old carts that visitors can admire. A hipped roof of red barrel tiles crowns this shelter.

The caretaker’s house
The caretaker’s house lies in the middle of the series of outbuildings. It has a lounge, a kitchen, a dining room, a shower room, a lavatory and two bedrooms.

The agricultural storehouse
This agricultural storage building lies beside the caretaker’s house. It has a broad double-door entrance. It houses farming machinery, wood and tools.

The dwelling
The house lies on the south side of the series of outbuildings. It needs to be renovated.

The barn
Today this barn is designed to host presentations for visitors: it has a big screen and a very high ceiling. Hay used to be stored here, at the top of the wooden staircase.

The office
In the northern corner of the series of outbuildings, there is a room that has been converted to welcome visitors. You can enter it straight from the outer side. The upper level used to be a sheep shed. There are still remains of this sheep shed, including the looseboxes in which the sheep were kept.

The greenhouse
The greenhouse is hidden behind one of the outbuildings. It faces south.