The castle of Moncé, built from 1845 to 1846 by Alphonse de Sain de Bois-le-Comte in a neo-Renaissance style, was built on the former site of the church of the Cistercian Abbey of Moncé, founded in 1209.
This small priory, dedicated to Notre-Dame, was erected as an abbey by Pope Innocent X in 1652. The abbey managed a great heritage: the farms of the Petite Rivière, Fougerets, Bois-d’Enhus, Buisson and Moncé’s mill in Limeray.
The abbey was a victim of dechristianization during the French Revolution. The nuns were expelled, and the buildings decreed national property, in November 1789. The lot was sold in 1791 to Antoine Desmée, commissioner of wars. The abbey was largely destroyed from 1792 to 1798. The church and the abbatial lodging remained until 1844, when they were destroyed to make room for the current castle. The castle garden is from the mid-19th century and was registered in the pre-inventory of remarkable gardens in 1984.