Château de la Mazure

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Le château en bref

Château de la Mazure is located in Forcé, in the Mayenne department, on the banks of the Jouanne. From 1768 to 1811 the site housed a linen laundry associated with Leclerc de la Jubertière, whose stone buildings, with their beams and old fireplaces, have been restored. The present château was built in 1868, attributed by a secondary source to Germain Tribert. In the Louis XIII style, it combines brick and tuffeau beneath tall slate roofs with steep pitches, featuring a monumental entrance, a grand staircase with a monumental balustrade, and a suite of reception rooms: library, large and small drawing rooms, smoking room and dining rooms, decorated, according to the owner, with tapestries from demolished Parisian buildings. In 1901 the Bernard family acquired the estate; it is today maintained by the Le Marié family. Three outbuildings, former stables and coach houses, were restored in 2013. The estate of some 180 hectares comprises woodland, meadows, ponds and river. Since 1983 it has hosted language stays, followed by training courses, seminars, weddings and receptions. No protection under the French historic monuments designation has been identified.