Château de Beaume

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Le château en bref

The Château de Beaume stands in the commune of Saint-André-en-Vivarais, in Ardèche. The site is said to have originally belonged, in the 12th century, to the commandery of the Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem at Devesset. Around 1390 it became the property of Jean de Beaume and remained in that family for about two centuries; the present building, with its two towers and rectangular main residence (logis), dates from the late 15th or early 16th century. Bernard de Beaume enlarged the estate in 1556. The castle passed in 1745 to Claude Jullien de Ronchol, then in 1901 to Pierre Tardy, a silk throwster from Tence, who acquired its 64-hectare estate. The façades and roofs were listed as historic monuments by order of 28 June 1974. A private property restored in the 20th century, it is not open to visitors.