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Château de Foëcy stands at the locality known as Le Parc, in the village of Foëcy (Cher), in the Cher valley between Vierzon and Bourges. It combines the remains of a manorial residence from the late Middle Ages with an 18th-century classical residential block. Of the medieval château survive the entrance structure, a kind of keep-gatehouse dating from the 15th or early 16th century, and a defensive tower. The present main residential block was built after 1719: it is a long rectangular building with a slightly projecting central bay and a small square pavilion at each corner. Inside, the great salon retains 18th-century panelling. The park was planted around 1820–1830. In the 19th century, the château served as the residence of the owners of the Foëcy porcelain manufactory, which had been operating since 1799, and the fortified gateway was incorporated into the factory's outbuildings. Around 1830, the porch of the entrance structure, now walled up, was used as a Protestant place of worship. The entrance structure, the façades and roofs of the residential block, and the panelling of the great salon have been listed as monuments historiques since 1989. The château is privately owned.
