Château de Saint-Sylvestre

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Le château en bref

Château de Saint-Sylvestre, in the Ardèche, is referred to locally as a former maison forte (fortified manor). Its ownership is documented almost continuously from the 15th century: in 1400 it belonged to the lord of Crussol, Giraud Bastet. It then passed to the Fay family and, in 1662, to Captain François Gratien de Fay Villers. From 1694 it was held by François du Faure, then by his nephew Alexis du Faure and by Louis Joseph Claude du Faure, knight and marquis de Saint-Sylvestre, captain-lieutenant of the Black Musketeers of the King's Guard. In 1770 the seigneury was sold to the lawyer Jean Boutaud for 17,000 livres, and in the 19th century it passed to Samuel Adolphe Barde, mayor of the commune. The estate was sold at auction in 1928 to Léon Terrasse for 51,000 francs, then passed to his descendants in 1945 and 1998. No institutional source currently specifies the date of construction or the architectural style of the building, which remains private property.