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History

18th century castle

The Boullemer family arrives in 1686.

The castle was built by Jean-Baptiste Boullemer in the first half of 18th century. Sold in 1800 by René Nicolas de Boullemer, the castle was bought in 1806 by Hippolyte Le Comte. This family retained ownership to these days

The castle has a central pavilion and two identical wings, with an overall sober appearance.

The north facade of the central pavilion is adorned with a pediment bearing the arms of the Boullemer family and those of the wife of the builder René Peuvret de Beaulieu.

The south facade, in its central part, is entirely in Hertré granite. The roof is in slate. Impressively sized yew trees furnish the meadow

The castle mass is balanced to the north by two roughly cubic pavilions

To the west we find a dovecote and the old church disused at the end of the 19th century. It is now used as a pyre; if you open the door, you can see a remains of a vault in small wooden slats. An adjoining accommodation that has probably served as a presbytery. Behind the church, of the old cemetery only remains a beautiful cross in hertré granite.

Inside the castle, you'll see the last wolf shot in the Perseigne forest in 1888

Chronology
  • ~ XIII° ~: eglise médiévale
  • ~ XV° / XVI° ~: presbytère, pigeonnier
  • ...
  • 1686: arrivée de la famille de Boullemer à Montigny
  • 1730-1800: (re)construction du château par Jean-Baptiste de Boullemer
  • 1800: vente par René Nicolas de Boullemer
  • 1806: acquisition par Hippolyte Le Comte
  • 1888: le dernier loup de la forêt de Perseigne abattu
  • ~ fin du XIX° ~: église desaffectée
  • 1890: construction du haras, château d'eau et forage
  • 1918: ajout des extensions, couloir et terasses au château
  • 1950: abandon du forage, arrivée de l'eau courante
  • ...
  • ???: refection de la toiture du château
  • ???: tempête, nombreux arbres tombés dans l'allée, elle est replantée
  • ...
  • 2015: regroupement de la commune de Montigny au sein de Villeneuve-en-Perseigne
  • 2016: le cube Nord-Ouest est detruit par un incendie
  • 2018: reconstruction du bâtiment Nord-Ouest