Château de la Vieuville, Heritage castle in Le Châtellier, France.
Chateau de la Vieuville is a castle in Le Chatellier with a balanced design where a central rectangular section is flanked by round and square towers. The structure overlooks a pond and connects to a landscaped park.
Architect Jacques Mellet designed this castle in 1869 for Saturnin Le Mercier des Alleux in neo-Gothic style. The building rose near an older manor house and reflects the architectural trends of that period.
The château's interior incorporates elements salvaged from the older 16th–17th-century manor that stands nearby, so the 19th-century building preserves earlier woodwork and fittings. The estate remained in the hands of the Le Mercier des Alleux family until it passed by marriage to the Guéhéneuc de Boishue and later to the Villoutreys de Brignac families.
The château stands east of Le Châtellier's village centre, above a pond on the Loisance, a tributary of the Couesnon. The landscaped park was reworked in the second half of the 19th century. The old manor, kept a short distance from the 19th-century château, can be seen from outside; the site is private property.
The estate keeps the old 16th- and 17th-century manor a short distance from the 19th-century château, and interior elements of that manor were reused in the new building. The château overlooks a pond on the Loisance, a tributary of the Couesnon, east of the village of Le Châtellier.
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