Château de Vernassal

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Le château en bref

The Château de Vernassal, in Léotoing (Haute-Loire), occupies the site of a modest manor house belonging to the Chalvet de Rochemonteix family, dating from before 1530. It was rebuilt for the first time in the 17th century and was remodelled until 1741 (the south pavilion was begun in 1675 but never completed). The rectangular main body is flanked by two symmetrical pavilions and a triangular pediment bearing the arms of the Rochemonteix family. The complex includes stables, a square dovecote and terraces. Largely in ruins, only the ground-floor rooms of the north pavilion have been recently renovated. Privately owned; the facades and roofs of the main body are registered as historic monuments.