Leugny Castle is located in the town of Azay-sur-Cher, in Indre-et-Loire, 19 km south-east of Tours.
It was raised during the last quarter of the 18th century on an estate along the course of the Cher on the left bank, mentioned since the Middle Ages. The knight Ganin Gonnelle is the owner from 1225, then over the centuries the masters of the place follow one another. In 1753, it was François-Nicolas Forest, lawyer in Parliament and former king's officer, who sold it to Antoine Ribot, tax collector in Amboise and collaborator of Minister of State Choiseul.
It was he who built the castle still visible today. And even before the Revolution, the site will be sold…
The architect André Portier drew up the plans for this building, characteristic of the style then in vogue. The main building is made up of a ground floor, a first floor and an attic crowned by a balustrade. Each level has seven windows, both on the courtyard side and on the garden side. Note that the French windows on the ground floor are surmounted by entablatures forming consoles, which are decorated with potato flowers. On either side of the main courtyard, the outbuildings seem, on the other hand, to predate the castle.
This noble residence is still private property, and is subject to protection as historical monuments. If the domain is not open to the public, its exteriors (including the beautiful facade) are visible from a path laid out by the municipality in a bucolic setting and along the Cher.
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