Rigoulène Manor

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Le château en bref

Rigoulène Manor is a privately owned property in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, in the Haute-Vienne department. Its estate is first mentioned in the 12th century in the cartulary of the Abbey of Aureil, as a holding held by the lords of Noblat on behalf of the bishops of Limoges. At the end of the 15th century, it was acquired by Mathieu Dalesme, a merchant and burgess of Saint-Léonard; the present house probably dates from this period, though the main known campaign of construction took place in the 18th century. Two parallel wings frame an inner courtyard, with a circular tower to the north housing a spiral staircase and, to the south, a former chapel that retains a Renaissance fireplace. A former salon is entirely panelled with 18th-century distemper paintings on a grey background; this painted dining room is the part protected as a historic monument by the decree of 18 December 1989.