Château de Pinceloup

About

The castle of Pinceloup is a castle of the early 17th century, renovated at the very beginning of the 20th century, located in Sonchamp, in the south of the Yvelines department, not far from Rambouillet. It was in fact a 17th century building, enlarged in the 18th century for François Prévost, notary of King Louis XVI. The brick and stone association is typical of the first seventeenth century.

Remarkable is the central pavilion with lantern. The property was bought around 1897 by Eugène Thome, a wealthy public works contractor, collaborator of Adolphe Alphand and Baron Haussmann, during the reign of Emperor Napoleon III. The castle was taken over from 1901 to 1903.

They say the building has 365 windows. The horse ride and its interiors were listed as Historic Monuments in 2005. In 1958, it became a property of the Seine department and housed from a school Le Nôtre for young people in difficulty, with a view to preparing for the trades of hotel-restaurant, horticulture and building.