Logis du Mur Blanc, appelé aussi la Demaine ou le Domaine

English translation

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History

The Mur Blanc, also said to be the Demaine or the Domaine, is a large malouinière poorly documented, undated, and whose builders' names are unknown (a possible attribution to the Girard du Demaine family, a great family of Saint-Malo shipowners, remains to be proven). The style of the construction allows dating the building to the 1730s: the shouldered fireplaces, the lintels forming a drip mould, the oval oculi of the courtyard façade, the plan, recall malouinières such as Launay-Ravilly or la Rivière, despite certain archaisms (absence of floor band and persistence of harped bonds). If the environment has been marred by the arrangement of agricultural outbuildings and annexes, the main dwelling on the other hand is in good condition despite the abandonment it suffered for many years. The interior décor, very carefully executed, as evidenced by the presence of vaulted ceilings, remains practically intact (with the exception of the salon fireplace); it is particularly necessary to note, in the dining room, the presence of a serving table between two niches for wall fountains. The ensemble is currently undergoing restoration, and the garden has been recreated.