Château de la Johannie, Medieval castle in Curemonte, France.

Château de la Johannie is a castle of rough light-grey stone in Curemonte, made of two wings set at right angles, with a square stair tower at their junction holding a spiral staircase that serves both. A lower wing has a steeply pitched roof of small dark tiles and a small tower-like projection at its edge; the main body rises several storeys, with a plain rectangular window high on the left facade and a tall two-light window on the right.

Built around 1308 on the site of a house from 1083, the castle belonged to Hugues de Jean in the 14th century and stayed with the Jean family, later called Johannie, until 1498. Marguerite de la Johannie married Pierre Vassal in 1460, and the Vassal family, holders of a seventh of Curemonte, then acquired it. Mathurin le Brun bought it in 1623, the d'Ambert family came through marriage, and the Plas family held it from 1693.

The name derives from Jean, latinised as Johannes, the family present at Curemonte from the 13th century; Hugues de la Johannie paid homage to the Viscount of Turenne in 1405. The four fireplaces listed with the facade, roof and spiral staircase in 1981 are among the elements that mark the dwelling's domestic role.

The castle stands in Curemonte, in the Corrèze; the two wings meet at a square stair tower holding the spiral staircase, and the main door sits above ground level, once reached by a wooden stair and deck. The building is a listed monument and a private residence, so visits concern the exterior; the windows grow larger with each floor and a carved window is on the east side.

The windows grow progressively larger on each ascending floor, showing deliberate architectural design from the medieval period. A particularly carved window on the eastern facade stands out as distinctly different from the other openings in the building.