Château de Longbost

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Le château en bref

Château de Longbost is located about three kilometres north-west of the village of Archignat, in the Allier department. The site was occupied from the Middle Ages by a maison forte (fortified house), mentioned as early as 1354, when Philippe de Lombost held it as a fief. In 1503, Jehan de Longboz, squire, was recognised as its holder, together with its dependencies (mill, ponds, lands, warrens, woods). The estate passed in 1663 to Gilbert de la Gastine, squire, and then, from the end of the 17th century, to the Jehannot de Bartillat family. The medieval fortified house was destroyed in the 19th century and replaced by the present manor house, which has kept the name of “château”. It consists of a main building flanked by a hexagonal tower, set in a vast wooded park, and retains a dovecote decorated with brick, a reminder of the former seigneurial privileges of the site. A private property, it is not open to visitors.