Château de Montardy

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Le château en bref

In Saint-Paul-la-Roche, in the Périgord Vert, the Château de Montardy is a former 15th-century fortified noble residence (repaire noble) that protected the local forges. In the 17th century it passed to Pierre de Gareboeuf de Montardy (1610–1695), lord of the forges, after his marriage to Anne Tenant du Razac; the building was then flanked by two turrets with pepper-pot roofs. The estate subsequently changed hands several times: the Louzeau family (around 1772), the Le Coq de Boisbaudran family (late 18th century), the Bonhomme-Dupuy family (1828), then Godefroy Martinot-Pécheris (1904). The present building features four corner bartizans, round or square, capped with pepper-pot or pavilion roofs, as well as hanging dormers. Restored after a fire in the 1960s, the château extends over some thirty hectares of meadows and woodland crossed by a river. It does not appear to be protected as a historic monument.