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Château du Hénant

Névez, Finistère, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Tour ; courtine bordant la cour Sud ; grosse tour reliée à cette courtine ; chapelle (cad. C 137, 139) : inscription par arrêté du 4 mars 1935
Protection dates
1935/03/04 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
1ère moitié 16e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Lieu-dit
le Hénan
Commune
Névez
Département
Finistère
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
47.83123, -3.75538
Mérimée reference
PA00090142

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite 7: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La partie la plus ancienne remonterait au 15e siècle. La chapelle et la tour polygonale datent du 16e siècle. Le reste de l'édifice a été reconstruit au 19e siècle. La tour polygonale semble avoir toujours été placée telle qu'elle est par rapport au corps de logis. Elle est elle-même flanquée d'une tourelle d'escalier polygonale. Des communs devaient exister un peu plus à l'ouest, s'appuyant à une courtine, mais le tout a été abattu. La courtine sud, percée de deux portes, aboutit, à gauche, à une grosse tour polygonale et, à droite, à la chapelle.

English translation

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The oldest part dates back to the 15th century. The chapel and the polygonal tower date from the 16th century. The remainder of the building was rebuilt in the 19th century. The polygonal tower appears always to have been placed as it is in relation to the main dwelling. It is itself flanked by a polygonal stair turret. Outbuildings must have existed a little further to the west, leaning against a curtain wall, but all of it was demolished. The southern curtain wall, pierced by two doors, ends, on the left, at a large polygonal tower and, on the right, at the chapel.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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