Château de Bonneval

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Le château en bref

On the edge of the Brotonne forest, the Château de Bonneval has stood in La Haye-Aubrée since the 17th century; it was built around 1666–1668 by Robert de Harden, verderer of this royal forest. Its stone-and-brick main building, representative of Norman classicism inherited from the Louis XIII style, was complemented in the 18th century by rich interior decoration commissioned by the Rouen merchant Robert Dugard, who became the new owner of the estate in 1743. Around the main house survives an exceptionally complete agricultural cour-masure, the traditional Norman farmyard enclosure (press, dovecote, sheepfold, half-timbered barns with thatched roofs), a rare witness to the rural economy of Normandy under the Ancien Régime. The château and its outbuildings are protected as monuments historiques, under both classification and inscription.