Château de Saint-Paul

En un regard

Le château en bref

Built around 1750 in the hamlet of Bellemare, in Hauville, the Château de Saint-Paul is constructed of hand-moulded brick, with stone quoins around the openings. Its symmetrical seven-bay façade is adorned with a central triangular pediment, and an avenue of lime trees leads to the wrought-iron gate. In the nineteenth century it belonged to the de Poilly family, then, in 1902, to Gustave Prat, master of the hunt, before passing to the Le Prévost de la Moissonnière family until 1951. A fire destroyed its interior in January 1966, and it was left abandoned for thirteen years; Gérard Métayer restored it in 1979–1980. Privately owned, it lies within the Parc naturel régional des Boucles de la Seine Normande.