Château du Vieux-Melay

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The Château du Vieux-Melay is located in the commune of Neuvy, in the Allier department. The main residence was built in the early 17th century; the chapel, decorated with paintings, was added about a century later, in the early 18th century. The estate also includes agricultural outbuildings arranged in an L-shape and a dovecote, the whole being enclosed by a wall with a gateway. The main building has only one storey, with a slightly raised ground floor over a cellar. The entrance gateway onto the courtyard is adorned with a semicircular arch with a sculpted female head, Ionic pilasters, a curved pediment, sculpted cartouches and a crowned double coat of arms. The chapel has a nave and a semicircular apse with a coffered half-dome vault. The entrance gateway, the facades and roofs of the main residence and the two wings of outbuildings, the dovecote, as well as the chapel and its painted decoration, were listed as historic monuments by order of 20 December 1985. The château remains private property.