Château de La Boulaize

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Le château en bref

The Château de La Boulaize is located in Montaigu-le-Blin, in the Allier department, on the edge of the village square. The fief is mentioned as early as 1439, when Jean de La Boulaize, squire and captain of the castle of Montaigu, acknowledged it as an ancient fief; the estate seems always to have been held by captains or officers of the castle of Montaigu. The present building, constructed in the 17th century and extended with a wing in the 19th century, has an L-shaped plan with nine bays of windows. A two-flight horseshoe staircase leads to the piano nobile, beneath a slate-covered mansard roof pierced by three dormer windows. In the 17th century the estate belonged to the Treille family, then passed to the Delaire family, several members of which kept it until the 20th century, notably Jean-Marie Delaire (1781-1861), Councillor of State and President of the Cour des comptes, who was made a baron under Charles X. A restoration was undertaken from 2007 onwards. The château, surrounded by a tree-planted park, is now used as a reception venue for private events.