--- title: "Château de Nobles: History of a Manor below Brancion" description: "Round towers with cannon ports frame a Renaissance doorway and a fireplace on Ionic columns, seat of the Nanton, then La Baume. Private, by private driver." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-nobles lang: en updated: 2026-09-29 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/chateaux/chateau-de-nobles.png --- # Château de Nobles > Château de Nobles: a manor below Brancion with round towers, cannon ports and a richly carved Renaissance doorway. Château de Nobles is in La Chapelle-sous-Brancion (Saône-et-Loire), 57 min by road (70 km) from Beaune. Private, seen from outside · 12th to 16th century · Private driver from Beaune: €200 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. The château of Nobles stands on a slope at La Chapelle-sous-Brancion, just below the fortress of Brancion. Round towers pierced with cannon ports frame a main house with a carved Renaissance doorway and a monumental fireplace. For centuries it belonged to the Nanton and then the La Baume families. ## Key facts - Type: Manor - Location: 55 km south of Beaune · Mâconnais - Coordinates: 46.5414, 4.7859 - 57 min from Beaune - Private, seen from outside - 12th to 16th century - Commune: La Chapelle-sous-Brancion · Saône-et-Loire - Style: Medieval manor with Renaissance details - Heritage: Registered historic monument - From Beaune: ≈ 57 min · 70 km - €200 one way from Beaune with a [private driver](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) - Or add it to our [full-day wine tour plus two hours, €700](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day). ## Getting there - [Private driver from Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver): 57 min by road (70 km), €200 one way for the whole car. Coming by train or plane? [Transfers from stations and airports](https://www.cote-privee.com/transfers) Estimates per vehicle for up to 4 guests, tolls included. Your price is confirmed when you book. ## History Agnès de Marchand, lady of Nobles, married Hardouin de Nanton, and their son Antoine is recorded as lord of Nobles in 1370. The Nanton family, from the Mâconnais, kept the estate for two centuries and also held the lordship of Cruzille nearby. In 1503 Louis de Nanton, husband of Françoise de Bellecombe, was lord of Cruzille, Nobles and several other estates. At the end of the 16th century Philiberte de Feurs, a Renaissance woman of letters and widow of the last François de Nanton, brought the lordship by remarriage to Jean de La Baume. His family kept it until the end of the Ancien Régime. The château was pillaged and partly destroyed at the Revolution, and in 1856 restoration work removed what remained of its fortifications. ## Architecture The main house has a hipped roof and a round tower with a conical roof at each end, pierced with cannon ports near the top. A square tower on the east front overlooks a farmyard entered from the south. A Renaissance doorway between fluted pilasters opens onto a wide spiral stair, beside a twin window with scale-carved columns. Upstairs, a great fireplace rests on four fluted Ionic columns. ## Visiting Nobles is a private home and is not open to visitors, so please respect the owners' privacy. It lies just below Brancion, so it fits naturally into a visit to the fortress, its car-free village and its Romanesque church. The fortress of Brancion is open daily from April to mid-November. ## Did you know? The Nanton family owned both Nobles and nearby Cruzille for generations, and they preferred to live here at Nobles, rarely staying long at their castle in Cruzille. ## Around Château de Nobles What to combine with Château de Nobles on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Viré-Clessé](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/vire-clesse) (11 km away): Two neighbouring villages of the Haut-Mâconnais, joined in one appellation for generous Chardonnay. - [Montagny](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/montagny) (20 km away): A white-only appellation of hillside vineyards around Buxy, with a wealth of premiers crus. - [Givry](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/givry) (27 km away): A small wine town of 18th-century monuments, whose red wine is linked by legend to Henri IV. ### Châteaux - [Château de Brancion](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-brancion) (1 km away): A feudal fortress and car-free medieval village on a rocky spur between Tournus and Cluny. - [Château de Messey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-messey) (3 km away): A fortified house near Tournus, reborn as an organic wine estate with rooms and winegrowers' cottages. - [Château de Cruzille](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-cruzille) (4 km away): A fortress on a spur above Cruzille, marked by the Wars of Religion and the Liberation of 1944. ### Things to do - [Saint-Martin Church, Chapaize (Église Saint-Martin de Chapaize)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/eglise-saint-martin-chapaize), 4 km away: An early Romanesque priory church whose tall Lombard bell tower rises over the countryside west of Tournus. - [Mont Saint-Romain](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/mont-saint-romain) (6 km away): A summit of almost 580 metres in the Mâconnais hills, with a rooftop viewing table facing the Alps. - [Cave de Lugny](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/cave-de-lugny) (7 km away): A 1927 cooperative, the leading producer of Mâcon-Villages, with a shop below the Charmes vineyard. ### Restaurants - [L’Écrin de Yohann Chapuis](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/l-ecrin-de-yohann-chapuis-tournus) (10 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): An intimate starred dining room in Tournus, from the chef who helped Lameloise win back its third star. - [Aux Terrasses](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/aux-terrasses-tournus) (10 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A starred family house in Tournus, now in its second generation. - [La Marande](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/la-marande-montbellet) (11 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A family-run country house in the northern Mâconnais, starred since 2014. ## Questions about Château de Nobles ### How far is Château de Nobles from Beaune? Château de Nobles is about 57 min from Beaune by road (70 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €200 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. ### Can you visit Château de Nobles? Château de Nobles is private and not open to visitors. You can see it from the road or the village, and your driver can stop there on the way. ### Can a private driver take us to Château de Nobles? Yes. Your driver collects you in Beaune or at your hotel in an electric Polestar 2 (up to 4 guests), waits while you visit and plans the rest of the day with you. The driver speaks English, French, Mandarin Chinese and Arabic. → [Full-day wine tour plus two hours, €700](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day) ## Book - [Book a driver here](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=driver&place=chateau:nobles): €200 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests ## Sources - --- Canonical page: