Claude Camus, who acquired the château in 1566, was worried about the effect of the wars of religion and decided to reinforce the defences of the château by the addition of more arrow slits and a drawbridge. As the roof of the château needed repair, on 15th December 1568 he called on the services of Pierre Roy, a carpenter living in Le Bois d'Oingt. Pierre Roy agreed to reconstruct the beams in the roof and cut the wood needed 'from the woods of the estate of Bagnols; so that he should not be obliged to supply anything other than his labour'.
There are two matching four-poster beds with carved 17th-century Portuguese barley-twist columns, hung with antique Toile de Jouy. The fine 18th-century English chest of drawers in carved walnut has a top drawer that opens out into a desk top. There are two French 18th-century painted panels: one depicting a pastoral scene with a fountain; the other, a landscape with a pond. The four engravings of birds date from the 18th century.
The round tower, which is one of the oldest in the château (13th /14th century), was used for defensive purposes. At the end of the 15th century a window was installed, and during the 16th century new openings were created, specially adapted to the use of crossbows - the X-shape opened out the range of fire whilst protecting the archer. The pine gateleg table dates from the 19th century. The carved wood angel, with traces of polychrome, dates from the 17th century.
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