En un regard
Le château en bref
The Manoir de l'Échenay stands in Assé-le-Boisne, in the north of the Sarthe, on the edge of the Alpes mancelles. Built of sandstone and roofed in slate, it is the product of several building campaigns carried out between the 14th and 16th centuries, which gave it a composite yet materially cohesive silhouette. Its south façade retains mullioned windows and a stone dormer. On the north side, a Renaissance sandstone gallery opens through five basket-handle arches; some see in it the trace of a former site where seigneurial justice was dispensed, a hypothesis that the sources do not allow to be confirmed. A private residence, the manor has been listed as a monument historique since 1969 and is a fine example of the noble rural architecture of the Maine at the end of the Middle Ages.