Château de Tiregand

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Château de Tiregand overlooks the Dordogne valley at Creysse, in the heart of the Pécharmant vineyards. A first castle is said to have been founded in the 13th century by Edward Tyrgan, a natural son of King Henry III of England. In 1575, the relics of Saint Front of Périgueux, stolen by Huguenots, were kept there before being thrown into the Dordogne. The present château was built in the 18th century by Jean-Charles d'Augeard, a senior magistrate at the Parlement of Bordeaux, the old castle then being converted into a wine storehouse (chai). Between 1826 and 1836, Count Alexandre-César de La Panouse, deputy for Paris, acquired the estate; his son added the east wing. Having passed to the de Boutray family (1918) and then to the de Saint-Exupéry family, the property was partly taken over in 2022 by the Guyot family, who acquired the château and some forty hectares, while the de Saint-Exupéry family kept 42 hectares of vines producing Pécharmant. The château, its outbuildings, park, terraces, moats and rotunda have been listed as historic monuments (inscrits) since 20 December 2002. The terrace and gardens are open to visitors from April to October, and the château opened to the public in July 2022.