Château de Chazeuil
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Aerial view of the chateau in its wooded park, with the roofs of the village to the right

Four Centuries

Our History

First built in the 12th century, rebuilt in the 15th, 17th and 19th, and being restored today

The façade

Brick laid in diamonds, stone cut at the corners

The losange patterning on the elevations is the signature of Bourbonnais building, and the reason the façade reads the way it does from the end of the avenue.

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Close view of the diamond-patterned brick and stone facade against a blue sky
Pink roses flowering against the cream stone facade
Blue muscari in bloom in front of the entrance

Estate timeline

Each date below names where it comes from: a published source, or the owners' own account where no document has been read yet.

  1. 12th century

    A first house on the height

    A first building rises on the height above the Allier valley — the seat of an important lordship answering to the castellanies of Billy and Verneuil.

    Source: The owners' account · Mairie de Varennes-sur-Allier

  2. 1257

    Aremberge de Chazeuil marries

    The lordship belongs to the Chazeuil family. Aremberge de Chazeuil marries Guillaume de La Palice, lord of Chatelard.

    Source: Mon Bourbonnais

  3. 1439

    The d'Albon years

    By marriage, the château passes to Guillaume d'Albon.

    Source: Mon Bourbonnais

  4. 15th century

    Destroyed, and raised again

    The medieval house is destroyed and rebuilt.

    Source: The owners' account

  5. 17th century

    A Louis XIII château

    The medieval château gives way to a château in the Louis XIII style.

    Source: Mon Bourbonnais

    The pavilion seen full height from the lawn

  6. 1688

    Sold to Antoine Courtois

    Gilles Clément sells the château to Antoine Courtois. It changes hands several times after him.

    Source: Mon Bourbonnais

  7. 1817

    After the Revolution

    Held by the Bouquet family through the Revolution, the château is sold in 1817 to Claude Devaulx de Chambord; it later passes by alliance to the Chavagnac family.

    Source: Mon Bourbonnais

  8. Second half of the 19th century

    Jean Moreau's château

    The architect Jean Moreau of Moulins rebuilds the château in the spirit of the 17th century, in the neo-Louis XIII style — his first major work in that style. The 17th-century kitchens and the north pavilion are kept; the south-west façade, the most ornate, faces the park in pink and black brick laid in diamonds under slate roofs.

    Source: Mairie de Varennes-sur-Allier · Mon Bourbonnais

    The full brick-and-stone facade beneath dramatic cloud

  9. 1943

    The estate drawn from above

    A hand-drawn aerial view of the estate, made by its owners of the time and kept at the château.

    Source: The owners' account

    Aerial view over the chateau and its wooded park

  10. 2026

    Getting ready

    After centuries as a private house, the estate prepares La Maison d'Été and its second house for guests.

    Source: The owners' account

    Scaffolding raised across the brick elevation during the 2026 restoration

  11. 2027

    The first full season

    From 6 May, the estate opens its first full season to guests: La Maison d'Été and the three apartments of the second house, Anna Marie, Nadia and Margaret.

    Source: The owners' account

The pavilion seen full height from the lawn
The full brick-and-stone facade beneath dramatic cloud
Aerial view over the chateau and its wooded park
Scaffolding raised across the brick elevation during the 2026 restoration

From the Archive

Plans, postcards and old prints of Chazeuil

An architect's drawing, a postcard, an aerial print and a table of old photographs, photographed as they are today.

An old architect's drawing on brown paper, headed Chateau de Chazeuil in fine handwriting, with an architect's stamp and the name Moulins at the foot
An old postcard of the chateau, its turrets above trees and rooftops and a postage stamp at the upper corner, in an ornate gilt frame
A framed black-and-white aerial view of the estate, showing woods, a long avenue, a walled garden laid out in plots, fields and a road
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Restoration work underway on the upper storeys

The Work Continues

The work goes on

The château has been restored, altered and repaired for four centuries. Today: scaffolding on the brick elevations, the walled garden cleared and replanted, the grand staircase brought back.

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Stay where it happened

The park has seen it all. Spend a few nights in it.

La Maison d'Étéfrom €650 a night

  • The season opens on 6 May 2027
  • Stays from 2 nights
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