Château de Bonnemare hosts day and residential seminars, executive committees and weddings, for up to 70 seated guests or 100 at a cocktail, with 19 bedrooms and 45 beds on the estate. The château stands at 990 route de Bacqueville in Radepont, in the Eure, in the Andelle valley between Paris and Rouen.
Seminars and company events
The family sells seminars by the day or residential, and points to executive committees and strategy meetings as a good fit. A member of the family handles each request from quote to event day. Rooms come with a video projector, a flipchart, tables and chairs, and Wi-Fi. Team-building activities use the outbuildings, the historic interiors and the park, and the estate also hosts photo shoots and filming.
Weddings and receptions
Couples take exclusive use of the estate. The ceremony, wine reception, dinner and party each have their own setting: a chapel for a small ceremony, the farm buildings and cider house for the cocktail, and La Charretterie for dinner. A made-to-measure marquee can join the hall to form one closed space for larger weddings. The family recommends photographers, caterers and decorators who know the house, and none is imposed. One historic suite is offered to the couple for the wedding night.
Rooms and capacities
La Charretterie is the main event room, a former carriage house of about 90 m² facing the château. It keeps its old horse stalls and racks, with a wood floor and wrought-iron chandeliers. Three large French windows bring daylight. It seats 70 for a seminar and up to 80 for a wedding dinner, and has a caterer's pantry, a cloakroom, two restrooms and step-free access. In the château, the Grand Salon and the Salon Louis XVI are bright ground-floor rooms with views over the park and courtyard, each with a projector and flipchart. The 16th-century kitchen, the oldest room in the house, hosts meals for groups under 20, by the fire in season.
Accommodation
The estate offers 19 bedrooms and 45 beds, all with private bathrooms. In the château, two suites have decors listed as historic monuments: the 17th-century Chambre de Parade and the 18th-century Suite Louis XVI. The Chambre du Roi duplex in the gatehouse sleeps up to five, and two rooms in the north wing open onto the park. Three gîtes complete the offer: the former bakery for four, the farmhouse for eight and La Tuilerie in the hamlet for up to ten, plus beds above La Charretterie.
Catering
The estate works with partner private chefs who design menus for each group and handle dietary needs. Seated lunches and dinners, buffets, and lunch or dinner cocktails are offered, along with quicker formats for short programs.
History and setting
Nicolas Leconte, a friend of Henri II, built the château between 1555 and 1563, and its architecture owes much to Philibert Delorme. Roof frames in his style survive on the two turrets and were dated by dendrochronology to 1560 and 1561. The estate passed through several families until a Paris notary bought it in 1888. His descendants still own it. Guest rooms opened in 2006 and the event spaces in 2018. A walled 22-hectare park, a poplar avenue and a gatehouse with two turrets frame the arrival. The cider house keeps its horse-driven mill and a large lever press.
Getting there
The château is about 1 h 30 from Paris, 40 minutes or 30 km from Rouen, 35 km from Giverny and 14 km from Les Andelys.
