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Le château en bref
Barreneuve Castle, in Rivarennes (Indre), dates from the fourteenth century, when Guillaume de Forges was lord of Rivarennes; the de Forges family did not sell the estate until the early nineteenth century. The main building, probably fifteenth-century, has a T-shaped plan with one storey, consisting of a residential wing extended by a small pavilion and a corner turret; four corner bartizans originally defended it, one of which survives in poor condition. A taller circular tower with a conical roof dominates the east façade; remodelled in the eighteenth century, it bears a carved coat of arms of the de Forges family dated 1745. The interiors retain fireplaces decorated with coats of arms and worked joists. The castle was for a long time used as a farm. Privately owned, it is not open to visitors.