Château de Javerlhac

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Le château en bref

The Château de Javerlhac, on the banks of the Bandiat, was a dependency of the barony of Nontron, under the suzerainty of the viscounts of Limoges. Burned in 1369 during the Hundred Years' War, it was rebuilt from 1498–1499 onwards by Dauphin Pastoureau, an ironmaster from Nontron. The 16th-century complex brings together two residential wings joined at a right angle by a polygonal tower with machicolations housing the staircase, while a large round tower with decorative machicolations marks the north-west corner. The west wing was raised in height at the end of the 19th century. A text from 1730 mentioned three towers; the square keep had disappeared by 1888. A spring feeds the former moats. Listed as a historic monument in 1974 (façades and roofs), it is privately owned.