Château de Chérigny

En un regard

Le château en bref

Château de Chérigny stands on a quadrangular platform surrounded by moats, either dry or water-filled, in the commune of Chenu, in the south of the Sarthe, not far from the former road from Tours to Le Mans, which suggests that the site was occupied early on. A plan of 1786 shows two successive states: an irregular building flanked by turrets, probably defensive, and a more regular château. In the 18th century, the estate belonged to Jean-Baptiste de Malchault, then was acquired in 1740 by Henry de Cherbon and passed by inheritance to Anne Geneviève de Cherbon. In 1828, the heirs sold it to Antoine Pierre Piscatory, together with an estate of 410 hectares. In 1915, the architect Henri Dardant enlarged the main residence, Émile Fouquet modernised the farm, and Louis Morel redesigned the gardens.