Verderonne Castle

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Le château en bref

Verderonne Castle, in the Oise, is a estate surrounded by water-filled moats, first mentioned as early as 1060 in a charter of Philip I. The lordship, raised to a seigneurie in 1240 for Simon de Villers-Saint-Paul, was acquired in 1586 by the Laubespine family, who had the castle rebuilt, and it later became a marquisate. Étienne-Louis, Marquis de Beaucourt, completed the present residence in 1725: a single-storey main block with a Mansart-style roof, whose dressed-stone façade has nine bays with a projecting central bay surmounted by a pediment, flanked by two round towers; inside, a wrought-iron banister staircase and rococo fireplaces survive. The U-shaped outbuildings house stables, a barn, a dairy, a dovecote and a small 18th-century theatre. Sold in 1884 by General d'Andlau, the castle served as a hospital during 1914–1918 and was occupied during 1940–1944. Restored, the 30-hectare estate now hosts weddings, seminars and film shoots, with accommodation in the former stables.