Château de Champ-Romain
Champ-Romain Castle
Thiville
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- Where
- Thiville
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Château de Champ-Romain stands in Thiville (Eure-et-Loir), in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. The building is listed as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: milieu 18th century). The building is privately owned and no visits are on record.
Champ-Romain is an 18th-century château in Thiville, Eure-et-Loir. Rebuilt from 1751 by Claude de Sénéchal, a member of Parliament, under architect Guillois, it features a central pavilion with two wings. The interior displays remarkable Louis XV decoration: sculpted and painted paneling, alcoves, and a chapel decorated with rocaille stucco. The estate encompasses formal gardens, vegetable plots organized around irrigation channels, and avenues that once connected the grounds to the nearby woods.
What to know
- The château, listed as a historic monument, is not open regularly for public visits.
- The estate includes not only the main building but also formal gardens, tree-lined avenues, a kitchen garden bordered with lime trees, and historic irrigation channels.
- The chapel adjoining the château is a distinct space entirely decorated with rocaille plasterwork.
Where this château is
Thiville · Eure-et-Loir · Centre-Val de Loire
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Address
Thiville, Eure-et-Loir
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- Period of construction
- milieu 18th century
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Frequently asked
- What is listed as a historic monument at Champ-Romain ?
- The château, its outbuildings, the courtyard, facades and roofs, entrance gate, the two drawing rooms and dining room on the ground floor with their decoration, the chapel, and the entire garden estate including avenues, kitchen gardens, channels and historic walkways are protected by successive decrees from 1978 and 1993.
- Who commissioned the construction of the château ?
- Claude de Sénéchal, a member of Parliament who became owner after the extinction of the line of Counts of Thiville, had the château rebuilt around 1751 by architect Guillois.
- What type of interior decoration does the château feature ?
- The decoration is in the Louis XV style: sculpted paneling with motifs of foliage and trophies, alcoves, and in the chapel, rocaille stucco.
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Sources
Identity, location and official references from Wikidata and the Mérimée register.
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- Wikidata Q22940886
- Mérimée PA00097224
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