Chateau la Bainerie

Château la Bainerie dates to the 15th century, with some sources placing it in the 16th, and passed through several noble families across revolutions and restorations, following the Louis XIII style. In 1837 Ernest inherited the estate and served as mayor of Tiercé between 1852 and 1858. He died without children in 1872, and his cousin Théodore Philippe Berthelot de Villeneuve took over the land, himself serving as mayor of Tiercé between 1874 and 1896.

In 1937 the estate was divided between two sons; Hardouin inherited la Bainerie and its forty hectares. In 1940, for a few months, the château served as a shelter for children evacuated during the war. Hardouin put the château up for sale in 1946.

Today the property offers rooms in "Royal," "Romantic" and "Business" styles, plus a Deluxe suite, all within the main building with private bathrooms.

The documented chain of mayors — Ernest and later his cousin Théodore, both serving Tiercé across the 19th century — ties la Bainerie's ownership directly to the town's own civic history for over four decades.

The château's brief 1940 role sheltering evacuated children gives the property a specific wartime footnote distinct from the larger military and D-Day narratives associated with other Loire Valley and Normandy estates.

The château's genuinely intimate scale, without the spa or restaurant infrastructure of larger neighboring estates, gives guests staying at la Bainerie a more personal, family-run bed-and-breakfast experience.