Manoir le Roure
The Manoir le Roure is located south of the city of Montélimar in the municipality of Châteauneuf-du-Rhône , in the Drôme provençale. The manor , which historian De Coston dates back to the 14th century, is surrounded by a park with ornamental ponds and water basins.
history
According to the historian de Coston, the family tree of the Roure family can be traced back a long way: Zu Pons in 1385, Jean 1400, Guillaume 1450, Pierre 1471, Mathieu 1500, Antoine 1512, Christophe 1530 and finally Claude 1544. The latter inherits the estate with the The name "Roure" was passed on to his daughter Claudine and her husband Arnand Pertuis. The first-born sons of the following generations, Hector, Samuel, Josserand, Jacques and Joseph Pertuis become owners of the Manoir le Roure one after the other.
According to some genealogists, due to financial ruin, the Pertuis family sold the Roure to the nobleman Alexande de Piolenc de Thoury, chairman of the Parliament in Grenoble, who in turn sold it to Jacques-Daniel Nicolas in 1758. According to Coston, Zacharie Pascal owned the Roure in 1652. He died in the same year and his heir, his son Florent, took the name Florent Pascal du Roure. When he dies childless, his brother Alexande Pascal du Roure inherits the property. Again childless, after his death the manor falls into the hands of his sister Madelaine Pascal du Roure, wife of Daniel Livache, feudal judge of the Duc de Lesdiguières.
Jacques-Daniel Nicolas, born on August 24, 1719, son of Daniel Nicolas, bought the estate in 1758 and also added the "Roure" to his family name. He and his wife Jeanne-Monique Laurans have around ten children, including Daniel et Joseph. Daniel Nicolas du Roure, born on July 9, 1759, married Marie Rousset on February 1, 1785, daughter of Pierre Gaspard Rousset and Marie Faujas, who gave him six children, including Daniel, who was born on March 22, 1796. Joseph Nicolas du Roure, born on November 3, 1761, brother of Daniel Nicolas, takes the name "Jonquet" for better differentiation and is in turn the owner of a nearby estate. On February 14, 1761 he married Clotilde Richon, with whom he had a son, who died unmarried, and a daughter, Clotilde Nicolas-Jonquet.
The two goods and names are united on September 27, 1824, when Daniel Nicolas du Roure, son of Daniel and Marie Rousset, married his cousin Clotilde Nicolas-Jonquet, the daughter of Joseph Nicolas-Jonquet and Clotilde Richon. Daniel becomes mayor of Montélimar on September 4, 1830 and dies in 1863. His wife outlives him by 18 years. She inherits the Jonquets' property, but not the Roure, which she bought back from Jean-Baptiste-Frédéric Chare in 1879 (as noted in a newspaper article dated September 4, 1879). She dies two years later without an heir. All her property, valued at 306,000 francs, is given to the Montélimar hospital, only the Manoir le Roure is bequeathed to her cousin Charles Rousset. The Rousset family is one of Montélimar's long-established middle-class families. It can be traced back to the 12th century. The most important member of this family for the Manoir was born on December 6, 1847 in Montélimar, Charles-Louis-Marie-Joseph, or Charles Rousset for short. The young man becomes a non-commissioned officer in the 32nd infantry regime, fought in the de Metz army during the war and then found himself in captivity. Back in France, he married Marguerite-Émilie-Marie de Pina de Saint-Didier in 1889. After various promotions, he was appointed general of the brigade in 1905. In 1909 he returned to Châteauneuf-du-Rhône and his legacy, the Manoir, for his retirement , and undertook major structural changes there. In 1959, Alfred-Hector Baillieux bought the Manoir from the Rousset family. After his death, it was sold to the Deloye family of eleven, who kept it until 2001. Put up for sale, the property was acquired in 2002 by the Lhopital couple, who converted it into a hotel.
construction
Since 1385, the estate has contained extensive agricultural buildings that border the road and, further to the south, a closed wall, which is broken through by a large arched gate. Originally the estate comprised a manor house and a farm made from Rhone stones . In the 17th century, a cubic extension in the strict Provençal style completed the building. At the end of the 18th century, great changes were made to embellish it.
Another story is added, the roof is raised and the direction of the roof slope is changed. The result is a manor house in the style of the Belle Epoque , almost a castle with a tower and colonnades , a peristyle and an orangery that opens onto the park. The Château de Grignan (made famous by the Marquise de Sevigne , who spent many years there) influenced the architectural choice for the Manoir le Roure of the time. The colored windows and the frescoes in the orangery in warm colors, dominated by ocher and saffron, are reminiscent of an African influence.
The building was built in such a way that it could largely protect the terraces and the main building from the strong winds ( mistral ). The most heavily used entrances are therefore on the south side of the house, the few entrances on the north side are sufficient to illuminate the interior of the building. Nevertheless, the orangery and the terraces benefit from an orientation to the south, southwest.
The park
Since 2002, the property has extended over an area of four hectares, which, in addition to other tree species, also includes around 40 plane trees over 40 meters high. They line the départementale route and the north entrance of the manor house. In addition, Lebanese cedars (more than 200 years old), a sequoia , seven chestnuts , linden , pine , poplar and oak can be found on the site . The park with its tall trees differs significantly from the surrounding vegetation. A possible explanation for this is the fact that the property with its lands and water basins are supplied from three different sources. Until 1975 the property was completely independent of water.
bibliography
The mansion has been the subject of several articles by Marylène Marcel-Ponthier, historian and chronicler of the daily La Tribune , as well as some of her volumes on the lives of its owners. The work of the historian De Coston, preserved in the Montélimar media library, is the only surviving document of the time that provides information about the origins of the Manoir le Roure, in particular volume 1 from pages 426 to 427, volume 2 pages 130 to 131, 106 and 107, Volume 4, Pages 240 to 243 and Pages 330, 331 and 448 and 449. The daily newspapers of Montélimar on March 8, 1879, September 22, 1900, September 28, 1907 and November 2, 1907 contain some Publications relating to the various owners of the Manoir le Roure.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marylène Marcel-Ponthier 120 Chroniques montiliennes Volume 3
- ↑ Volumes 1 and 2
- ↑ porté en 1383 par Pons Roure, en 1400 par Jean Roure, en 1471 par le consul Pierre Roure, en 1507 par Durand ...
Coordinates: 44 ° 30 ′ 42.8 " N , 4 ° 45 ′ 24.3" E