Château de Vadancourt

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Le château en bref

The Château de Vadancourt stands in the hamlet of Vadancourt, in the commune of Maissemy (Aisne), a few kilometres north of Saint-Quentin, overlooking the Omignon river. At the end of the 18th century the estate belonged to Guy-Félix de Pardieu, count and lord of Vadancourt, who took part in the Estates General of 1789. The original château featured a terrace adorned with a balustraded staircase, a three-storey central pavilion with a balcony overlooking the park, and a projecting bay with an arched doorway topped by a curved pediment pierced with an oculus. Severely damaged by German bombardment in 1917, during the First World War, the building was then requisitioned and served as barracks for a civilian labour company, the Zivilarbeiterbataillon 24, which held some five hundred prisoners there under the authority of Lieutenant Wetzel. The château was rebuilt in 1927 in keeping with its original architecture. Set within a park of about thirty hectares, the estate now belongs to the Houssin family, who run it as a bed and breakfast and as a venue for weddings and seminars.