The Château de Troussay in the Loire Valley has a first building recorded around 1450, and its oldest surviving parts date from the Renaissance. Robert de Bugy, a salt storehouse director and squire of Francis I, is the recorded Renaissance owner. The article calls it one of the smallest châteaux in the Loire Valley and gives no dimensions.
The François I facade is heavily influenced by Chambord, and the garden facade is in the Louis XII style, mixing late Gothic and early Renaissance. The 17th century added a central body and two wings. The historian Louis de la Saussaye restored and remodeled the château in the 19th century with the architect Louis de la Morandière.
The same family still owns and lives in the château. Six ground-floor rooms are open to visitors.
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