Villebon · Eure-et-Loir
The orangery and dovecote of Villebon
Sold in 1607 to Maximilien de Béthune, first duke of Sully, the château of Villebon in the Eure-et-Loir keeps to its east a brick dovecote of the early seventeenth century with its original revolving ladder.
From the source
Château de Villebon is a château at Villebon, Eure-et-Loir, in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. The recorded building campaigns date from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. It is protected as a monument historique at the higher of the two levels (classé). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.
Editorial reading
The record describes the dovecote at length: circular, in brick, girdled by a rounded string course of dressed stone, with its original frame carried on a central post fitted with brackets that hold a revolving ladder, and walls made of a multitude of brick nesting holes. The château itself was classified in 1927 for its façades, stairs, painted gallery, oratory, chapel and well; the dovecote was listed in 1981. The orangery along the garden, photographed here, is not described in the record.
Sources
Base Mérimée — immeubles protégés · PA00097237 — Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab) — Ministère de la Culture, base Mérimée
Wikimedia Commons · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chateaudevillebon28.jpg — Public domain
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