Château des Feugerets, a listed château in the Perche region of Normandy, hosts weddings, receptions and company seminars in a wing of its 16th-century manor. The wing holds a 100 m² reception room, an annex room and a caterer's area. A marquee for 250 guests can be set up in the park on request. The estate is about 2 hours from Paris and a few minutes from Bellême.
Seminars and company events
The château keeps one wing of the manor entirely for receptions and corporate seminars. It contains a small room, two restrooms, a rest room, a caterer's area, the 100 m² reception room and a small annex room. The reception room has exposed stone, French-style roof beams, terracotta floor tiles and large windows. The windows face the stable wing, the dovecote and the French-style flowerbeds.
The château rents out video projectors and screens, as well as a sound system with a microphone. The official pages do not publish seminar layouts or a seated capacity for the room, so state your headcount and format when you send a request.
Weddings and receptions
The estate is arranged as a sequence of settings. Secular ceremonies can take place under the Lebanon cedar in the English-style park or in the 18th-century grand salon. The grand staircase and the historic visit route serve for photographs. Cocktails are served on the balustraded terraces, with a fallback in case of rain.
Dinner and dancing take place in the manor wing, where the Renaissance room is used for the dance floor. In fine weather, dinner can also be set up by candlelight in the Haute Cour, the château's upper courtyard. For larger groups, a marquee for 250 guests can be placed in the park facing the château, on request. The château also rents Napoleon III chairs.
Rooms and capacities
The event wing offers the 100 m² reception room, a small room used for children, a small annex room and a caterer's area. Outdoors, the Haute Cour, the terraces and the park complete the layout. The only figure the château gives for guests is the 250 of the marquee.
Accommodation
The château runs four guest rooms: the Suite Marquis des Feugerets, the Chambre Romanet, the Chambre Beaurepaire and a ground-floor garden room. Guests can use a heated pool in season. Larger groups can rent part of the château or the gîte in the steward's house.
Catering
The château works with two caterers based a few miles away. Its partners also cover marquee rental, furniture, tableware, florists, photographers, vehicles and DJs. There is no in-house kitchen team, so catering is booked through these partners.
History and setting
The château was the seat of the Viscount of Perche, then of the governor of Bellême, which was then the capital of the Perche. Described as a Renaissance stronghold and enlarged over the centuries, it runs from a 16th-century keep to 18th-century salons and the apartments of the marquise des Feugerets. It is a listed historic monument, set in a registered natural site. The grounds hold an English-style park with a notable cedar, a forest, farm animals and a view over the Perche countryside. The balustraded terraces and the horseshoe staircase date from the Louis XIV period.
Getting there
The château stands about 4 km from Bellême, in the Perche, roughly 2 hours from Paris. The official address is in Appenai-sous-Bellême, postal code 61130.
