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Manoir de Douville

Friardel, Calvados, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le manoir en totalité (cad. B 305) : inscription par arrêté du 15 décembre 2003
Protection dates
2003/12/15 : inscrit MH
Type
manoir
Main period of construction
limite 15e siècle 16e siècle, 1er quart 17e siècle
Later work
18e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Lieu-dit
Douville
Commune
Friardel
Département
Calvados
Region
Normandie
Country
France
Coordinates
48.99996, 0.39362
Mérimée reference
PA14000033

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1759 map "62 Argentan, Falaise." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le fief de Douville appartenait à la fin du 15e siècle à Jean de Maillet, anobli en 1522. Par alliance, la famille prit possession au 17e siècle du château de Friardel. Le manoir se compose d'un premier logis (fin 15e - début 16e siècle) avec cheminée engagée dans un mur-pignon en pierre. Un deuxième (début 17e siècle) perpendiculaire, possède un pignon en pan de bois décoré de sculptures gothiques avec cheminée monumentale. Un troisième corps est constitué d'un cellier surmonté d'une chambre d'apparat, chauffée par une rare cheminée Renaissance, et d'une tour.

English translation

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The fief of Douville belonged at the end of the 15th century to Jean de Maillet, ennobled in 1522. Through alliance, the family took possession in the 17th century of the château of Friardel. The manor consists of a first dwelling (late 15th - early 16th century) with a fireplace set within a stone gable wall. A second (early 17th century) perpendicular, has a timber framing gable decorated with gothic sculptures with a monumental fireplace. A third block consists of a cellar surmounted by a room of state, heated by a rare Renaissance fireplace, and a tower.

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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