Château de Vost

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The Château de Vost, in Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre (Creuse), comprises an old section dating from the late 14th and early 15th centuries and a new section from 1883; its chapel was restored in 1999. The seigneury of Vost, which held rights of high, middle and low justice extending as far as Aigurande, was held by the Ajasson family from the 13th century; in 1610 a dispute arose between Gabriel d'Ajasson and the Duchess of Montpensier over the collection of tithes. In 1654 Henri Ajasson donated it to his nephew Henri Bertrand de Beaumont; Jean Blondet acquired the estate in 1774. It passed by marriage to the de Barbuat family in 1806, then to Arthur Hecquard and later to the Merle de la Bruigière family, and was occupied by the French Red Cross before Bernard Lecherbonnier acquired it in 1989 and settled there in 1990. A private property, it is not open to visitors.