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Château de la Grande Fougère, in La Chapelle-Bâton (Deux-Sèvres), originally depended on the seigneury of Faye; its construction appears to date from the late 14th or early 15th century. The estate was modified in the 16th and 17th centuries and belonged successively to François Masson, squire and sieur de Breuilbon (late 16th century), to the sieur Marchand (17th century), and then to the Espron de Beauregard, Albert, Desaivre, Cadoudal and Alix families. The building retains a square tower that has lost its roof and is fitted with a bretèche, an entrance door surmounted by an openwork triangular pediment, and a second bretèche beneath the roof. A dormer window dated 1598 bears a coat of arms accompanied by the motto "virtute et labore" (by virtue and labour). The estate once included a forest, which was felled in the early 18th century. Private property, it is not open to visitors.