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Château de Lœuilly, Ô-de-Selle

Château de Lœuilly

Lœuilly Castle

Ô-de-Selle

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Where
Ô-de-Selle

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Château de Lœuilly stands in Ô-de-Selle (Somme), in the Hauts-de-France region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: fourth quarter of the 19th century). The building is privately owned and no visits are on record.

Château de Lœuilly, built in the final quarter of the 19th century in the Somme, emerged from the ambitions of a landowner couple who transformed a rural pavilion into a prestigious residence. Turrets and ornamental facades mark their social and economic ascent. The building stands out above all for its setting: it sits within a hunting park designed to reflect the tastes of the upper bourgeoisie, an exceptionally rare ensemble in this region at that time.

What to know

  • The listing as a historic monument, dated 2010, protects the residence, its outbuildings, servants' quarters, winter garden, gardens, vegetable garden and the entire hunting park.
  • The château is accompanied by a functional farm and dependencies that reflect the organization of a property of this scale in the 19th century.
  • The hunting park remains a remarkable element of the heritage: its development in the late 19th century within a bourgeois regional context makes it entirely singular for its time.
  • Visiting conditions, opening hours and accessibility are not documented: contacting ahead of a visit is recommended.

Where this château is

Ô-de-Selle · Somme · Hauts-de-France

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Address

Ô-de-Selle, Somme

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Heritage status
Registered historic monument (inscrit)
Mérimée record PA80000069
Period of construction
fourth quarter of the 19th century

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Frequently asked

What exactly does the heritage listing protect?
The decree of 25 March 2010 includes the main building with its facades and roofing, outbuildings (farm buildings and servants' quarters), winter garden, garden and vegetable garden, as well as the entire hunting park and its boundary walls.
Why is this château not a fortress?
Built in the late 19th century, it is a country pavilion transformed into a residential dwelling for a bourgeois family, not a military or feudal construction; the turrets are ornamental.
What makes the hunting park remarkable?
Its development in the late 19th century reflects an urban bourgeois lifestyle transplanted to the countryside, with territory use entirely devoted to hunting leisure: it was a regional exception at that time.

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Sources

Identity, location and official references from Wikidata and the Mérimée register.

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From the same period — 4e quart 19e siècle