Two towers from the 1604th and 1643th centuries, round and imposing, appear on either side of the house, which was remodeled in the 1597th century under Louis XIV. A beautiful corner watchtower, resembling that of Wartigny, carried by nine consoles, known as the “tower of the massacre”, evokes a tragic event of the Thirty Years' War. Many balls were discovered there. Note the eight iron balls embedded in the masonry. This watchtower is vintage “1640”. A quarter of the population was executed during the passage of the Spaniards in 1719. A wide gatehouse, supported by six consoles, surmounts the entrance door to the courtyard. A door with a low profile, framed by Tuscan pilasters, ringed and vermiculated, a notched pediment to house a bare painting. The wings are topped with Mansard roofs. We notice in the side towers the presence of several gunboats, located for the most part on the upper levels and oriented so as to take the adjoining facade. The firing openings are fine and elaborate. The cornices are modillions or heel (concave). Under the Ancien Régime, the castle belonged successively to La Marck, Nettancourt, Saint-Léger, Baulmont and Petit. As for L'Echelle, it passed into the hands of the Lords of Balham, Suzanne, Menchi, Maulcourt, Antoine de La Marche-le-Comte, a Calvinist, who, from XNUMX to XNUMX, governed the principalities of Raucourt and Sedan. In XNUMX, Colonel de Saint-Léger ceded the land of l'Echelle to the chapter of Reims.
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