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Le château en bref
The Château de Lépaud, on Rue des Chaumes in Lépaud (Creuse), belonged as early as 1171 to Hugues de Chambon, who came to live there and enfranchised the local inhabitants. Built mostly in the 15th century, it retains from that period a remarkable fireplace whose carved mantel bears the coat of arms of the House of Bourbon-Montpensier, whose duchy owned the château before the French Revolution; in November 1662, Mademoiselle de Montpensier was exiled there for her conduct during the Fronde. The building underwent a major reconstruction in 1847. It takes the form of a square block of brick and blue granite flanked by a tower at each corner, with a south façade about 20 metres long and a keep in the form of a round tower attached to the north-west of the main building. The château, now a private residence, is said to have been built on the ruins of the former castle of the princes of Chambon and Combraille.