Standing by the Sauldre canal’s cool waters is this superb 15C fortified residence with a sober façade. Inside, the old guard room has been transformed into a Louis XIII drawing room. A secret door leads into the blue room, with a portrait of Marie Leszczynska. In the main hall, note the fine 18C Gobelins tapestry before finishing in the chestnut wood-panelled Régence library. The 5ha of parkland has elaborately trimmed box hedges, lawns and copses.