[1] In the middle of the 13th century, an old château belonging to Aimery de Muzy is mentioned in St. Georges-Motel that served as a residence for Eudes II Rigaud, the Archbishop of Rouen from 1247 to 1276.

[1] The current château was built in the early 17th century and today is a 10,000-square-foot castle surrounded by a moat on a 235-acre property that includes eighteen outbuildings.

[1] In the 1922,[4] the château was purchased as a summer house by American heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt when she was married to the French aviator and industrialist Jacques Balsan,[5] after her divorce from Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough.

[11] After Paris fell in June 1940 during World War II, Jacques and Consuelo left from the château, beginning their journey across France to Spain, where they eventually traveled to New York aboard a Pan Am Clipper from Lisbon.

[1] The Château de Saint-Georges-Motel was listed as a historical monument on 9 June 1977, including the moat, the water mirrors, the park and its central alley.