Château de Valeyres with outbuilding, charcoal store and laundry

En un regard

Le château en bref

Château de Valeyres, in Valeyres-sous-Rances (Vaud), is a former fortified manor house built in the 15th century by the Gallera family, according to the *Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse*. The Manuel family acquired it in 1629; wall paintings dating from 1639 survive there. In 1707 the estate passed by marriage to the Bonstetten family, whose residence is listed as the ‘Maison Bonstetten’ in the ISOS inventory, which dates it to 1630 and notes its north façade, flanked by a yellow-stone staircase with an openwork balustrade, a dovecote with brick decoration dating from 1827, and a wooded park with a garden. Remodelled in the Neoclassical style around 1820, the building has housed a wine estate in the Côtes de l'Orbe appellation since 1945, the Château de Valeyres wine cellar. As a private property, it can only be viewed from the inner courtyard.