Lorrière Castle is located in the new commune of Lude, in the Sarthe department, 23 km southwest of La Flèche.
This is a manor built in the 15th century south of the village of Dissé-sous-le-Lude for Lord Aymar de Bueil. The site had originally been a feudal fortress.
The house was restored and enlarged from 1865 to 1875 by the architect Ernest Dainville who adopted the fashion of the time, revisiting the styles of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Finally, in the 20th century, during the interwar period, alterations were again carried out and gardens were created by the landscape architect Jules Vacherot.
The manor is in the form of a dwelling made up of two juxtaposed bodies, three levels high (the second floor under the attic), flanked on the "west" facade by a polygonal staircase tower.
It houses a chapel with two stained glass windows signed by the master Auguste Alleaume, from Laval.
The estate overlooking the Marconne valley includes outbuildings and a farm to the southwest, as well as gardens where molehills, boxwoods, and also small wooded areas mingle.
At one end of the park, a menhir attests to the age of the site occupied by man for a very long time.
The whole is listed in the Inventory. The exteriors are open for self-guided or guided tours in April, from May 15 to August 15 and from August 21 to October 27 on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Price: 5 euros. In addition, lodgings have been set up in the old farm where receptions are also hosted. Information on +33 6 85 72 89 78.
