Château Anquetil, 19th century château in La Neuville-Chant-d'Oisel, France.

Château Anquetil is a 19th-century château south-east of the village centre of La Neuville-Chant-d'Oisel. Its red-brick façade has lighter stone quoins and window surrounds, tall rectangular windows and smaller dormers under a steep grey slate roof, with a central tower and two brick chimneys. A broad cedar stands before the entrance. Architect Émile Janet added a second floor and a wing in 1874.

A tobacco merchant from Rouen built the estate in 1835 after acquiring a large property with adjacent forests. A century later, a famous cyclist purchased it, which led to the place gaining an additional name.

The house takes its second name, château des Elfes, from the years after cyclist Jacques Anquetil bought it in 1961 and settled there from 1969. Before that, Guy de Maupassant, grandson of the estate's first owner Jules Maupassant, and Gustave Flaubert stayed here, as did the painter Louis Le Poittevin, Maupassant's cousin, who bought the domain in 1869.

Château Anquetil stands south-east of the village centre of La Neuville-Chant-d'Oisel, in the Seine-Maritime department of Normandy. The building is now run as a gîte and guest rooms, so it is seen by staying there rather than on a formal visit. The red-brick façade faces a broad cedar planted in front of the central entrance.

The estate's name comes from an international cyclist who purchased it in 1961 and made it his home starting in 1969. This sports connection gave the historic building a surprising second identity.