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Le château en bref
The Château de Lavaud is located in Méasnes, in the Creuse. A private property that is not open to visitors but remains visible from the road, it retains a circular tower about twelve metres high — the only remnant of the former castle — with crenellated walls that once made it possible to watch over the surrounding countryside, as well as sections of wall and former moats. The present main building, rectangular and built of granite on four levels, is the result of a complete restoration in 1965; it features a hipped slate roof, hipped dormers, dressed-stone lintels and carved corbels. The ground floor retains a square rib-vaulted room adorned with a coat of arms bearing fleurs-de-lis. Jacques de Saint-Yrier is the first known lord of the place, in 1513; in the 19th century the estate then belonged to the domaine des Betoulles (later Leptoules), before being sold by a certain M. Pelletier in the second half of the 20th century.