Château du Meynard

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Le château en bref

Château du Meynard is an isolated residence in the hamlet of Le Meynard, in the commune of Allemans (Dordogne, canton of Ribérac). The main building dates from the eighteenth century and is arranged around a square courtyard open to the north, surrounded by farm buildings. In the nineteenth century, the estate belonged to the Berne family, who had a four-storey tower-house added to the south-west corner, inspired by the late Middle Ages and in a neo-Renaissance taste: mullioned and cross-mullioned windows, machicolations, and a broken conical roof. The eastern residential wing rests on a basement storey, and a covered gallery under a pavilion roof, supported by four octagonal piers, occupies the southern corner. Privately owned, not open to visitors; listed by the Inventaire général during a survey in 2000.