Chateau

Photos: See ‘haunted’ 118-room chateau on sale in France

Several ghosts are said to walk its halls including one of a teenager who died at the site around 500 years ago

Château de la Mercerie: Folly of brothers who could not stop building

Work to repair a crumbling chateau and its 220m classical façade ‘folly’ has reached the stage where the property can soon be hired out for weddings and corporate events

Chateau sales are booming in France since first Covid lockdown

An estimated 500 chateaux change hands each year and there are probably around 1,500 on the market most years

Condé nest’s magical chateau interiors

The private apartments and library at Château de Chantilly provide a fascinating insight into the piety and learning of its former residents

Our restored chateau starred in TV contest

French ruin château Rothschild to be restored to glory

The 19th century château Rothschild, in the Paris suburbs, and which once belonged to a banker to Napoleon III, is to be restored to its original state after lying derelict for almost 40 years.

French chateau overrun by protected storks

A 13th century French chateau once owned by the family of William the Conqueror has been taken over by more than 170 storks, which a bird expert has said is a rare event in France.

Chateau’s owners lose fight to halt wind farm

Owners of a chateau have lost a bid to withdraw a wind farm’s planning permission - because being able to see the turbines was not a good enough reason to object.

Auction sells over 700 French château stone ornaments

Hundreds of “château style” historical stone ornaments - including a Louis XIII chimney surround estimated to be worth up to €480,000 - are to be sold at auction near Paris on September 24.

No drama for this French chateau restoration

Guillaume Picon enjoys the restored elegance on show at Château de Villette in Val d’Oise

See the Eiffel Tower as never before – in Lego

Giant model is one of the largest ever and took four months of planning, six hours to build and 160,000 bricks

€15m buys Provence gem

What is said to be the oldest chateau in Provence – the 11-century, 5,000m2 Château de la Barben – is for sale for an asking price of €15million.

Chateau life in plastic pieces

Take one million Lego bricks, a historic Loire chateau and create a life-size Louis XV chair, a carriage clock, a desk and even a chateau hound... welcome to the Histoire en Briques Lego exhibition at Château de Cheverny, Loir-et-Cher.