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Le château en bref
The Château de Percenat is located in the commune of Barberier, in the Allier, near the Bayet road. The estate belonged in turn to several families: the Eschaloux, of whom Agnès d'Eschaloux passed the land by marriage to Guillaume Blanchart, squire, then the du Gué and de Chambon families, the Chaumejean (lords of Fourilles) and finally the lords of Bompré. The former residence that occupied the site was entirely replaced by the present building, constructed in 1855–1856 by the Yvon family, in a style imbued with the Romanticism characteristic of the 19th century. The château consists of a main block of two storeys plus an attic level, backed by two square gabled pavilions, and flanked by two square corner turrets with cut corners. The slate roof is pierced by dormer windows and topped by slender pinnacles fitted with lightning rods. The château remains a private property not open to visitors, but can still be seen from the Bayet road.