Bosmelet Castle

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Bosmelet Castle with a former orangery

The castle Bosmelet ( French Château de Bosmelet ) is a castle on the territory of the municipality of Val-de-Scie in Normandy . The building from the first half of the 17th century (with later additions) has been recognized as a monument historique since 1931 . In 1994 the park was also placed under protection. The castle is located about two kilometers southeast of the village of Auffay in the Seine-Maritime department .

history

The castle was built by Gilles Beuzelin, a member of the Rouen regional parliament . Later it was owned by the Duke de la Force, the governor of Normandy. In 1940 the building was occupied by German troops who installed a V1 launch pad in the palace grounds . Since the resistance fighter Michel Hollard revealed the location of this facility to the Allies , Bosmelet was badly damaged in a total of 28 bomb attacks between December 1943 and June 1944.

The castle is now privately owned and is still inhabited by members of the Bosmelet family. Parts of the ground floor can be rented for events. A holiday apartment has also been set up on the upper floor.

description

architecture

The early baroque , two-storey building from the time of Louis XIII. with corner projections and a towering roof is almost entirely made of dark red bricks . In contrast, there are the light sandstones at the corners of the building as well as in the portal area and on the window frames. In French this technique is called brique et pierre . Several triangular gables and a lunette protrude beyond the eaves area to create a visual link between the structure and the roof . They are partially provided with centrally attached oculi .

The castle also has a separate chapel and an orangery , which later served as the priest's residence.

park

The originally geometrically designed park was created according to plans by Colinet, who later became the first gardener under André Le Nôtre to work in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles . Later, large parts of the park were redesigned based on the model of an English landscape garden. Finally, a kitchen garden was created.

literature

  • Diana de Bosmelet: Le Château de Bosmelet . Lecerf, Rouen 1981.

Web links

Commons : Castles in Normandy  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the castle in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ↑ Information on the castle park in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′ 4 ″  N , 1 ° 7 ′ 40 ″  E