Château de Bourguignon-sous-Montbavin

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The Château de Bourguignon-sous-Montbavin is a neo-Palladian château built between 1828 and 1835 in the commune of Bourguignon-sous-Montbavin, in the Aisne. It was commissioned by the mother of Jeanne-Rose Boilletot, who had an old wine press demolished to make way for the present building, intended as a country residence for the bourgeoisie of Laon, as was customary in the 18th and 19th centuries. The outbuildings, which are older, date from 1818. An octagonal neo-Romanesque chapel dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene was added in 1922 at the south-east corner of the property. The estate then passed by inheritance through several generations, notably to the de Barive family, and then to the Count of Hennezel d'Ormois in 1906. The façades and roofs of the château, the park, the gateway, the boundary wall and the chapel were listed (inscrits) as historic monuments by decree of 7 June 2004. The 1818 outbuildings have been restored and converted into rural holiday cottages bearing the Gîtes de France label.