Château d'Hérouville

The Château d'Hérouville is a French château of the 18th century (1740) located in the village of Hérouville, in the Val d'Oise département of France, near Paris. The château was built in 1740 by Gaudot, an architect of the school of Rome, from the remains of an earlier 16th century château. In the 19th century, it was used as courier relay station (between Versailles and Beauvais) and stabled a hundred horses. The château was painted by Vincent van Gogh, who is buried nearby.

Architecture

The chateau comprises two wings, plus a number of outbuildings. It has 30 rooms, a swimming pool and a tennis court and is set in 17,000 hectares of parkland. An octagonal stone drinking trough in the courtyard is a protected historical monument.

History of Recording Studio

The composer Michel Magne purchased the chateau in 1962. He was best known for having been nominated in 1962 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment for Gigot. He converted the building into a residential recording studio after a fire devastated its left wing in 1969. The musician, director and sound engineer Laurent Thibault took over management of the studio in June 1974.

Hérouville

Hérouville is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.

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