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In the 16th century, Jehan de Baillon, secretary and advisor to the King, buys Janvry's lands to build a seignioral manor. At the time, it was not a castle but a mansion surrounded by moats (that are still visible) and composed of a barnyard. Due to a number of debts, Jehan de Baillon's son has to give up the property. Its new owner, Michel Ferran tries to distinguish the domain. The castle is constructed on the Mansion's foundations around 1650. Its structure is built according to Louis XIII style: It is composed of a main body and two wings, the south-est Tour of the Castle includes prisons and a room for the guards.

in 1784, Janvry's master, André Haudry has to give up the castle to the Anjorant family. The Marquis Claude Anjorant sets up bedrooms in the main body of the castle. Around the 1840s, he builds there a small theatre where he invites Parisan theater companies. Before his death, he erects a cross on the Montlhéry path ; it is still visible at the entry of Janvry.

From that period on, the property is being passed on by women ; first with Alexandrine Cambout du Coislin, the Marquis's daughter, who then marries the Count Georges du Luart, one of the ancestors of the Reille family who currently owns the castle. From then on and until 1945, the castle is only considered for the profits it yields and is uninhabited for almost a century.

During the war, French, German and American troops have successively occupied the premises, thus leaving them in a poor state : brambles grew in the entrance while the floor's laths were used to warm up the troops. When the war ended , Baron Jean Reille, countess du Luart's grandson and his wife Liliane began to restore the castle. They set up running water and a heating system. Thier son Ghislain is carrying on the renovation works with his wife Béatrix Reille, the current owner. Their aim is to make the castle an enjoyable family house and a hunting area.