Château de Boutemont, Renaissance castle in Ouilly-le-Vicomte, France

Château de Boutemont stands on a dry-moated terre-plein enclosed by a quadrangular wall with round corner turrets. Its three parts are a north gate tower with two drawbridges, a long central stone building raised with half-timbering around 1770, and the 1540 stone logis to the south, whose eastern facade is half-timbered. The gate tower has a stone base and brick upper level, and the south pavilion bears the motto Faire et se taire beneath a sundial.

A feudal motte from a castle built around 1180 by a lord of Boutemont under Henry II Plantagenet survives on the site. The Boutemont family held the fief until the late 14th century, followed by the Servain, Borel and Paisant families. In 1540 Philippe Paisant, ennobled that year, rebuilt the castle. At the end of the 17th century Jean-Baptiste Le Bas modernised the facade, added two wings and a poterne entrance, and demolished the western enclosure wall.

The park holds the Jardin remarquable label. Landscape architect Achille Duchêne recreated a formal French garden after 1915, and a separate Italian-style section replaced an old tennis court, alternating box hedges, clipped yews and cypresses. Since 2020 the owners have opened the garden to visitors and added more flowered spaces.

Visitors can walk through interior rooms and explore the garden areas at their own pace throughout the property. A café in the Orangerie building offers a place to sit and refresh surrounded by planted terraces.

The dry moat around the castle is crossed by a drawbridge, and the entrance gatehouse was built with two separate drawbridges, one for horse-drawn vehicles and one for people on foot. The honor pavilion bears the family motto "Faire et se taire" and is topped by a sundial.