TreeAlive
‹ Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques, France

Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France

Château

Lanrigan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façades et toitures des deux bâtiments ; escalier à vis intérieur du bâtiment central ; puits ; calvaire (cad. A 93, 125) : inscription par arrêté du 26 mars 1973
Protection dates
1973/03/26 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
16e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Lieu-dit
le Château
Commune
Lanrigan
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.39677, -1.70120
Mérimée reference
PA00090615

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite 4: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Get directions ↗

This record on the Ministère de la Culture's POP platform ↗

The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le site abritait, à l'origine, une motte féodale située à l'emplacement de l'ancien château, dont il ne reste aujourd'hui qu'un pavillon, et aurait été l'oeuvre des seigneurs de Langan au 11e siècle. Aux 14e et 15e siècles, Lanrigan est une place forte dont il subsiste un pavillon archaïque ainsi que la partie nord du château actuel (16e siècle) , avec son système de défense (tour à mâchicoulis et créneaux couverts). La reprise du 16e siècle concerne les façades Est et sud, ainsi que diverses ouvertures dans le pavillon médiéval situé à l'est du château. La façade ouest a été remaniée au début du 20e siècle. Le vocabulaire décoratif est essentiellement gothique.

English translation

The text above is the record as published by the Ministère de la Culture, in French. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the Ministère de la Culture; it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com

The site originally housed a feudal motte located at the site of the old château, of which only a pavilion remains today, and is believed to have been the work of the lords of Langan in the 11th century. In the 14th and 15th centuries, Lanrigan is a stronghold of which there remains an archaic pavilion as well as the north part of the current château (16th century), with its defence system (tower with machicolations and covered crenellations). The 16th-century reworking concerns the East and south facades, as well as various openings in the medieval pavilion located to the east of the château. The west facade was remodelled at the beginning of the 20th century. The decorative vocabulary is essentially Gothic.

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
See your own family's places on a living map