Logis des Courtils-Launay

English translation

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History

Les Courtils-Launay is a large malouinière, dated 1724, which would have been constructed by a privateer named Launay. It proves fairly atypical compared to malouinières built at the same period. Its first particularity is imposed by the slope of the terrain: the main dwelling has single orientation, the north façade being virtually blind; the south façade, facing the garden, has four bays (plus two lateral openings pierced on the ground floor towards the end of the 19th century). The plan is also original: the great salon occupies the western half of the dwelling, while the staircase, then the hall, share the eastern half. The kitchen is thus relegated to the old manor, situated in the extension of the dwelling, to the east; a door pierced in the eastern wall of the hall allows communication with the kitchen. Despite some modifications (complete refacing of the southern façade of the outbuildings in the second half of the 19th century, piercing of the two ground-floor openings), the whole is in good state of preservation: the setting is intact, as is the decoration, typical of small malouinières, notably an open-well central staircase in wood, of very fine workmanship.