Domaine de Kernévez

English translation

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History

The old château of la Villeneuve, attested in the Middle Ages and known from graphic documents of the first half of the 19th century, still existed in 1848. Only a vestige of it remains: the monumental fireplace, dated 1627, which was re-used in the current kitchen. The château passed by marriage to the family of Guébriant in the early 19th century, and a vast campaign of reorganisation of the estate was then undertaken. It seems that initially the Guébriants were content to wish to remake the park without touching the château: the plans signed by the landscape designer Buhler, dating from 1845, are organised around the old main dwelling. In a second phase, in 1849, the château was rebuilt according to the plans of the Swiss architect Froelicher. The park, entirely enclosed by walls, has retained a good part of the avenues drawn by Buhler. Around the château are arranged stables and a cart shed, vestiges of a chapel from the manor of Keriviry at Cléder, and a greenhouse. On either side of the main entrance, two gatekeepers' houses correspond to the farm situated on the other side of the road, outside the park. All these buildings are contemporary with the château. This exceptional estate is very representative of the movement of return to the land of the great legitimist aristocracy in the middle of the 19th century.