What is the architecture of Villedard Castle like?

The building combines brick and stone in regular coursing. The facade is punctuated by seven bays separated by vertical pilasters, alternately crowned with triangular or semi-circular pediments.

What is listed as a historical monument?

An unroofed gateway with its pillars and metal closing, as well as the wrought-iron staircase railing of the main building, have been protected since 1991.

Does the chapel date from the castle's construction?

No, the chapel's decoration dates to the nineteenth century, though it incorporates a sixteenth-century stained-glass window.

Château de Villedard

Villedard Castle

Yvoy-le-Marron

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Where: Yvoy-le-Marron

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Château de Villedard stands in Yvoy-le-Marron (Loir-et-Cher), in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: 18th century). The building is privately owned and no visits are on record.

Villedard Castle, built in the eighteenth century, consists of a central rectangular residence flanked by two side pavilions. Set on a platform surrounded by a moat, the building stands out for its brick and stone construction, with stone pilasters punctuating the facade at regular intervals. The kitchen occupies the western pavilion, the chapel the eastern one.

What to know

The site is accessed by three bridges spanning the moat that surrounds the platform.
The interior features a series of reception rooms on the ground floor and bedrooms on the upper level, connected by a suspended spiral staircase.
The interior decoration dates from the eighteenth century, except for the chapel which dates to the nineteenth century and incorporates a sixteenth-century stained-glass window.
An unroofed gateway and a wrought-iron staircase railing in the main building are among the elements listed as historical monuments.

Where this château is

Yvoy-le-Marron · Loir-et-Cher · Centre-Val de Loire

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Address

41600 Yvoy-le-Marron

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Heritage status: Registered historic monument (inscrit); Mérimée record PA00098667
Period of construction: 18th century

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What is the architecture of Villedard Castle like?: The building combines brick and stone in regular coursing. The facade is punctuated by seven bays separated by vertical pilasters, alternately crowned with triangular or semi-circular pediments.
What is listed as a historical monument?: An unroofed gateway with its pillars and metal closing, as well as the wrought-iron staircase railing of the main building, have been protected since 1991.
Does the chapel date from the castle's construction?: No, the chapel's decoration dates to the nineteenth century, though it incorporates a sixteenth-century stained-glass window.