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Château de Vaulerault

Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Logis de Vaulérault et ensemble de la propriété (cad. E 149, 160, 161) : inscription par arrêté du 29 avril 1993
Protection dates
1993/04/29 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
1ère moitié 18e siècle
Architect or builder
Garengeau (ingénieur)
Ownership
propriété privée
Lieu-dit
Vaulerault
Commune
Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.65449, -1.86796
Mérimée reference
PA00090877

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1702 map "A new and correct draught of the CHANNELL between ENGLAND and FRANCE" (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library).

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Construit face à la baie de Cancale, probablement par Garangeau, venu dresser les plans des parcs à huîtres vers 1725, le Vaulerault est dû à la famille Cheville. Une avenue mène à la propriété entièrement close qui comprend, outre le logis, une chapelle, des communs plus récents et une vieille tour de guet près du rivage. Le Vaulerault présente, sur ses deux façades, le même avant-corps à trois travées. Cet édifice conserve un décor intérieur dont certains éléments sont particulièrement remarquables, notamment le sol de l'actuel grand salon (ancienne salle à manger) en marbre polychrome, ou la rampe d'escalier sculptée.

English translation

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Built facing the bay of Cancale, probably by Garangeau, who came to draw up plans for the oyster parks around 1725, the Vaulerault is due to the Cheville family. An avenue leads to the entirely enclosed property which comprises, besides the main dwelling, a chapel, more recent outbuildings and an old watchtower near the shore. The Vaulerault presents on both its façades the same avant-corps with three bays. This building preserves interior decoration of which certain elements are particularly remarkable, namely the floor of the current great hall (former dining room) in polychrome marble, or the sculpted staircase railing.

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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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