From as early as the 11th C. a stronghold was standing on the site guarding the crossing of the river Cosson.
By the late 16th C. the Saint-Nectaire family inherited the lands around and built the "petit château”; then the “grand château ” was rebuilt in the same place as the former .
Between 1625 and 1670, both long outbuildings and the monumental gate were erected. It would be the work of Théodore Lefèbre d’Orleans, "architecte ordinaire du duc d'Orléans".
As soon as 1630, the building work is sided by the laying out of the surrounding grounds, then in the early 18th C. the stone balustrade is erected on the western and eastern sides.
In 1822, the estate was sold to François Victor Masséna, duke of Rivoli, son of the famous marshal of napoleonic empire; in 1864 François Victor sent the estate which was fragmented.
Currently a private property, the château, the stables and the park are most of the year open to visitors. The whole moat surrounded mansion built in pink bricks and Apremont stone displays a quiet fascinating charm and stands as one of the loveliest witnesses in Sologne heritage .
After the ACSPF (Association for Culture and Heritage of La Ferté) had been allowed by the castle’s owner to use the attic, it displayed there an exhibition of objects and tools originating from the former local industry or arts and crafts and moreover an old-time grocer’s shop of La Ferté.