Château de la Cazine, Historic castle in Noth, France

Château de la Cazine, also called manoir de la Fôt, is a red-brick manor with white stone quoins and window surrounds, built in 1894 by Parisian architects Louis Chauvet and Alfred Coulomb at la Fôt in Noth. Its central bay carries an arched entrance door, an upper balcony and a perron; the rear's three central bays are arched windows opening onto the grand salon. A steep slate roof with dormer windows and brick chimneys tops the long facade.

Around 1890 Vicomte Paul de Curel bought the manor of la Fôt with farms and the neighbouring Grande Cazine pond, some 250 hectares in all. In 1894 he had a manor and outbuildings built by the Paris architects Louis Chauvet and Alfred Coulomb. Isolated farms such as La Barde and Les Forges, built around 1900, belonged to the estate. In 1987 the castle and its estate were sold and converted into a hotel.

The castle's name comes from the nearby pond of La Grande Cazine, bought with the estate around 1890. The chapel was turned into a bar for hotel guests, and only its stained-glass window remains in place. The 18th-century painted wood furnishings were removed in 1998.

The château stands at la Fôt, in the commune of Noth, about 8 km east of La Souterraine. The hotel "Château de la Cazine" no longer operates, so the building is not open as a hotel. The arboretum de la Fôt lies directly beside the manor, and the rectangular fish pond fed by a spring is nearby.

The chapel on the ground floor was turned into a bar for the hotel, and only its stained-glass window remains in place. Near the château stand a rectangular fishpond fed by a spring, a former keeper's house now used as a garage, and a kennel.