The castle stands between two forests, in the centre of a vast estate of a little more than 30 hectares. Local chronicles tell of the first traces of fortifications in the 11th century, before the estate became the stronghold of an important bourgeois family from Le Mans at the beginning of the 14th century. The central section of the current castle dates back to the second half of the 15th century. The western façade of this T-shaped building has retained its medieval appearance, with chamfered openings, half-cross windows with moulded windowsills, arrow slits and cannon openings. It is most likely that the site was fortified in the late 16th century, when the moats were dug, the towers were built at the corners of the building and a drawbridge was installed. In the 17th century, two lateral pavilions with towers increased the overall surface. A former chapel, which is now a library, as well as a dovecote were already featured on sales deeds in this period. The walls and enclosures around the grounds and garden also date from this era. In the late 19th century, the castle was acquired by an Egyptologist and underwent its last major changes. The front right pavilion was redesigned in Neo-Gothic style, the height of the rear tower was increased into something resembling a keep and the entrance formed a castellum topped with fake machicolations.
Away from the space around the castle, surrounded by moats with an outbuilding, a large, landscaped garden enclosed by walls stretches out to the north, including a meadow with a small artificial island and a wood. Near to the castle, to the north and west, the former ornamental garden, orchard, vegetable garden, greenhouse and dog pens can be found. A large outbuilding stands alongside the course of the walls to the east. There is a large fishpond on the other side, near the millstones of a sizeable seigniorial mill, which was replaced at the beginning of the 20th century by a small electric plant. At the end of a private lane, there are ruins of brick-built farm buildings, as well as a large, circular dovecote dating from 1609. Running alongside the walls, a road leads to two authentic small houses, one of which is available for rent, while the other needs to be restored. In the upper reaches of the castle’s grounds, there are unoccupied meadows extending over around 25 hectares. Beyond the drawbridge, on the other side of the small village street, there is a poplar tree lined 400-metre-long avenue that leads to another entrance to the village. It was created in the 18th century and provides another perspective of the castle, as well as access without having to pass through the village. Two square pavilions were situated at its southern tip. Nearby, a village house with a garden, which is currently rented out, is also included in the sale.

The castle

The ground floor
The entrance opens into a vast guard room in the centre of the building, leading to the rest of the ground floor. To the west, a monumental fireplace stands against the wall with a door on either side; one leads up several steps to an 18th-century Italian inspired dining room with a black and white chessboard style tiled floor and a marble fireplace, after which there is a pantry with a hoist that leads to a kitchen via a staircase. The other door leads to a former weapons room and then to a library located in the former chapel. To the east, laid out one after another, are two large lounges. The first boasts chevron patterned wooden flooring and exposed, richly decorated beams and joists. Against one of the walls stands a marble fireplace. The rest are adorned with wood panelling and wallpaper. The large lounge boasts many windows to the east and south. It also plays host to five 18th-century tapestries from the royal factory of Aubusson, which are part of a series called “seascapes according to Vernet”. Both lounges have Versailles style wood flooring. There is also a room off the lounges in the eastern corner tower. From the guard room, a doorway to the north leads to a staircase tower that leads down to the kitchens, basements, cellars and boiler room. A door opens to the northeast into a small apartment made up of a hallway and bedroom with an alcove and fireplace plus a lavatory. The flooring is made up of terracotta tiles.
The first floor
This level can be reached by the staircase tower in which, at each half landing, there are fruit stores and storage space concealed behind doors. On the landing, a door opens into a long corridor on the north side of the building leading to two apartments to the west and east and three bedrooms to the south. The first apartment is made up of two large rooms with alcoves as well as lavatories or bathrooms cleverly concealed behind the wooden panelling. There is a round room in the western tower. Symmetrically, to the east, there is another apartment with two large rooms, a bedroom, a lavatory and a bathroom. In the western wing of the castle, there is a large bedroom with wood panelling, adjacent to a bathroom, lavatory and a room in one of the towers. In the hallway of the small apartment to the west, a door leads directly into the first of the three large, south-facing bedrooms. Set one after another, the bedrooms can also be reached from the long corridor on the northern side of the building. The first bedroom boasts a monumental fireplace and stands next to a bathroom with a bath and lavatory. The next bedroom has chevron patterned wood flooring and an en suite bathroom. Both bathrooms are located in the alcoves of the central bedroom. Next to them, the third bedroom also has chevron patterned wood flooring. A hidden door in the wall leads to the corridor of the eastern apartment. Opposite the bedroom, a passage leads to a bathroom with a lavatory on the northern side of the castle, followed by a bedroom and a lavatory.
The second floor
A main landing leads to a number of storage spaces, laundry rooms and former servants’ rooms.
The attic
Generously sized rooms with remarkable roof frames are awaiting conversion on either side of the two wings.
The intermediate level
This level includes cellars, storage rooms and a kitchen.