2.PUY-GUILLAUME (Puy-de-Dôme) – Château de la Batisse
The absence of modernization of the Château de la Batisse has allowed to preserve to the whole a state of rather remarkable authenticity.
- late 15th, 17th / 18th, 19th centuries -
Historic Monuments Registration July 20, 2022 of the castle of the Batisse in totality, with the buildings and wall of enclosure surrounded by moats, the dovecote-porch, the circular dovecote and the plot plate land with its walls of fence.
© Claire Raflin, DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The fief of the Batisse is known since the XIIe century, with Hugues de la Batisse. The family passed it by alliance to de Seneret in 1445. After 1492, Gui de Seneret built the current castle: two wings bordering to the east and south a courtyard delimited by a wall and moat.
Galleries rise in front of the courtyard facades of the two wings that they connect. They rest on the ground floor on prismatic granite columns, extended upstairs by square oak posts. The rest of this structure (floor and railing) has a wooden structure, with a masonry filling for railings.
Circular towers flank the outer corners of the buildings. The square dovecote-porch, resting on square wooden posts, as well as the west bridge over the moat, probably belong to this first construction campaign (late 15th or early 16th century).
The property was ceded in 1581 to François de Nevreze, seigneur of Puy-Guillaume, then, in 1616, to the Ossandon, followed in the eighteenth century by the de Pierre, then Douet. During these centuries, the castle was transformed into a pleasure house: new piers and remodeling of the interior. The second dovecote, circular, probably dates from this time. It is built in the south, at the edge of gardens perhaps arranged at that time, inside a second older enclosure. During the Revolution, the seized property was acquired by the Reynaud family, who, between 1794 and 1835, built the west wing, lower and narrower than the other two and intended for service use. The last improvements (drillings, interior decorations) were made by the Passerats, owners from the 1880s.
In the second half of the 20th century, the castle suffered from a lack of maintenance and was in an advanced state of disrepair when it was sold in 2013 to its current owner, who has been trying to restore it ever since. Inside, the building retains its entire structure, as well as two monumental fireplaces from the late Gothic period, joist ceilings and terracotta tiles. The lack of modernization has allowed to preserve to the whole a state of authenticity rather remarkable.
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