The château was built in 1882 by General Minot, a chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur. He died over twenty years later and it passed to the Paget family. At the end of the Second World War, the château was commandeered by the leader of the resistance in the southwest, code-named Bergeret (seen on the right addressing the resistance fighters after the liberation of France). The last Paget male fell in love with a local girl but was forbidden by his mother to marry her, so he left for Paris and never returned. He allowed the property to fall into disrepair.