Logis de Frégeneuil

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Logis de Frégeneuil overlooks the Anguienne valley in the commune of Soyaux. A fief known as early as the 12th century and owned by the chapter of Angoulême Cathedral, its holder Jean Géraud was ennobled by the chapter in 1529. Gradually rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries on 16th-century foundations, the manor belonged at the end of the 18th century to Charles-César Desmier, who died there in 1801. Its long façade is pierced by nine large openings beneath a central triangular pediment; the outbuildings surrounding the square courtyard date from 1773, and the ruins of a large round dovecote (fuie) survive. The manor, surrounded by terraced gardens overlooking the valley, is listed as a historic monument (inscrit au titre des monuments historiques).