Discover Cheffreville-Tonnencourt

Cheffreville-Tonnencourt brings together a range of cultural and historical points of interest: the Domaine de Fervaques, which lies partly within the commune, the Manoir de Tonnencourt, and individual objects in the church and cemetery. This range gives you a concrete starting point when planning your trip. You can decide whether you are more interested in a protected park with a château, a manor house overlooking a valley, or a statue and a wrought-iron cross. This makes it possible to plan a hotel stay around your own interest in landscapes, architectural history or individual historic works.

Park and château at the Domaine de Fervaques

The protected Domaine de Fervaques includes a park with moats and a hydraulic system. The estate extends partly into Cheffreville-Tonnencourt; part of the grounds lies on a plot in the commune. The moats and hydraulic system make water management a distinctive feature of the park. The château was built between 1597 and 1602 by the architect François Gabriel for Guillaume de Hautemer. This construction period identifies both the architect and the patron: the château’s construction can be dated precisely, while the park, moats and system describe the Domaine’s landscape character.

The Manoir de Tonnencourt in the valley

The Manoir de Tonnencourt is a 16th-century manor house and has been protected as a historic monument since 7 February 1975. It overlooks the valley, opposite a stud farm on the road to Fervaques. The building can be considered in terms of its construction period, protected status and specific location. Its setting in the valley sets it apart from the landscape-focused Domaine de Fervaques. If you are comparing historic buildings by type, you can compare the manor house and the château here, without treating their respective histories as the same.

Statue and wrought-iron cemetery cross

Individual objects also add to the picture. The wrought-iron cemetery cross, Croix du cimetière en fer forgé, has been protected as a historic monument since 27 October 1971. The 17th-century statue Ange aptère is in the church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, on the south side of the nave. The statue’s date and precise location within the church are therefore both specified. The cross and statue differ in their location and form: one is a wrought-iron cross in the cemetery, the other a statue inside the church. They thus stand as subjects in their own right alongside the larger buildings.

Navigation and dates

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It is useful to distinguish construction and creation dates from protection dates. The château was built between 1597 and 1602, the manor house dates from the 16th century, and the statue from the 17th century. By contrast, 1971 and 1975 are the protection dates of the cemetery cross and the manor house, respectively, not the dates they were created. This makes the historical points of interest easier to compare: the period of each building and work of art is distinct from its later protection.

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