Château de Clauzuroux, Château in Champagne-et-Fontaine, Dordogne, France
Château de Clauzuroux is a 17th–18th-century château in Champagne-et-Fontaine, Dordogne, built on a square plan around a central courtyard. Its southeast wing, with a ground floor and one upper storey, is flanked by two taller pavilions under mansard roofs with dormers. Two round towers stand on the northwest side, and the entrance portal's pediment is dated 1701.
Clauzuroux is attested in the mid-16th century as property of the Faucher family, probably on the site of an earlier medieval manor. The northwest round towers date from the 17th century, and the portal pediment is dated 1701. The château was inscribed as a monument historique on 16 December 1947, and the rest of the estate, including the park, French garden, dovecote and water mill, followed on 17 December 2002.
The estate's name is sometimes written Clauzurou. The garden beyond the dried bief is a jardin à la française reached by a bridge, and the Pude flows past it. In the courtyard stands a covered well, and about 100 m west of the château a dovecote rises beside the road.
The estate straddles the borders of Champagne-et-Fontaine, La Chapelle-Grésignac and Cherval, with the château itself in Champagne-et-Fontaine. It is a private property run as bed-and-breakfast rooms and gîtes, so the buildings and courtyard are not open to casual visitors. The French formal garden lies across the former mill channel, reached by a footbridge; the dovecote stands about 100 metres west of the château beside the road.
About a hundred metres upstream from the château, the mill's feeder channel holds a water staircase, a stepped drop built into the channel itself. The channel was once fed by the Pude and turned the estate's water mill, but it is dry today. The feature lies outside the main courtyard, so it is easy to walk past without noticing.
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