Château de Toury-Lurcy, Medieval castle in Toury-Lurcy, France

The Château de Toury-Lurcy is a yellowish stone building with a symmetrical facade, a central three-storey block topped by a triangular pediment, lower wings, and a steep dark grey roof with dormer windows and tall chimneys. A 13th-century round tower, 25 metres high and 10 metres in diameter, stands on the grounds. The outbuildings have kept their original layout.

The first written record dates from 1370, when Guyot Breschard de Thory paid homage to the Count of Nevers for the stronghold of Thory. In 1778 Madame de Soultrait had almost the entire old castle demolished and used its materials to build the present château. It was listed and then classified as a monument historique in 2002 and 2004.

The ground-floor salon keeps its 1831 wallpaper from the Veuve Mader manufacture, printed with arabesque, floral and animal motifs. The name Toury-Lurcy joins two parishes, and the 13th-century round tower, 25 m high and 10 m across, still marks the medieval site beside the 1776 house.

The château stands at the end of a gravel drive entered through a black wrought-iron gate; the 13th-century round tower, 25 m high and 10 m across, survives beside the 1776 building. The site is a monument historique, inscribed in 2002 and classified in 2004, so the grounds and outbuildings are subject to heritage protection.

The 1778 estate map of the seigneurie de Toury shows the 13th-century round tower beside the new château, while the old castle buildings and moats are drawn as already gone. The tower stands 25 metres high and 10 metres across, and a well once stood close by.