Logis de la Tourgarnier, Seigniorial residence in Angoulême, France.
The Logis de la Tourgarnier is a seigniorial residence on rue de la Tourgarnier in Angoulême, its oldest walls dating from the 13th century and reworked in the 16th and 18th. A pentagonal projecting pavilion holding the staircase rises at the centre of the south facade, and a 17th-century enclosure wall topped with mock machicolations and faceted-ball merlons precedes the courtyard.
The oldest parts of the logis date to the 13th century, when a square tower stood on the old road to Périgueux; its first owners are unknown. From the 16th to the 18th century it belonged to the de La Place family, and Hélie de La Place, mayor of Angoulême in 1561, rebuilt the house. In 1565 Catherine de' Medici and her 15-year-old son Charles IX stayed five days. It was remodelled around 1760-1770 and inscribed as a monument historique in 1925 and 1949.
The name joins the 13th-century square tower, whose walls survive inside the present building, to the La Place family, lords of La Tour-Garnier. Hélie de La Place, mayor of Angoulême in 1561 and a Protestant close to Calvin, rebuilt the logis. Above the entrance gate, the family's coat of arms — three golden acorns on blue — was carved in the 16th or 17th century and mutilated during the Revolution.
The logis stands at 189 rue de la Tourgarnier in the Petit Fresquet district, on the edge of the Anguienne. It is a private residence and cannot be visited; only the former mill, now a guesthouse and art gallery, receives guests.
The 4 March 1925 and 22 August 1949 listings cover the logis with its tower, the entrance portal inside the courtyard and the crenellated boundary wall. The merlons are topped with faceted balls, and the portal still carries the de La Place coat of arms, mutilated during the Revolution.
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