Château de Jeufosse

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Le château en bref

Château de Jeufosse is an isolated manor house in the hamlet of Jeufosse, in the commune of Saint-Aubin-sur-Gaillon (Eure). Listed by the Inventaire général, its main building probably dates from the 17th century. Built of limestone and brick, it has a square storey and a regular elevation decorated with sculpture, under slate roofs with long, multi-pitched slopes, hipped and conical in form. The estate also includes a chapel, an enclosure wall, a park, farm outbuildings and a dovecote. The château is best known for the "Jeufosse affair": on 15 June 1857, the gamekeeper Jean-Baptiste Crépel killed Émile Guillot, who was harassing Blanche de Jeufosse, daughter of the widowed countess who owned the estate. Defended by Pierre-Antoine Berryer, the countess and her sons, who were prosecuted along with the gamekeeper, were acquitted in December 1857 at Évreux. Ruined by the trial, the family was forced to sell the château. Not to be confused with the commune of Jeufosse, in the Yvelines.