Château de Keruzoret

English translation

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History

Castle built around 1500. Building on a closed courtyard, L-shaped plan, articulated around a polygonal stair tower. In 1537, construction of a chapel in the south-west corner of the garden. In 1666, a pavilion is added to the east, as well as adjoining outbuildings. In 1792, restoration of the property, with demolition of part of the outbuildings to the east to open up a vast esplanade, and reconstruction of the chapel to the south-east in identical form. In 1865, the Parisian architect Henri Parent is engaged to transform the manor into a castle, work completed in 1887. The architect recomposes the building while respecting the Gothic style of the old manor. The castle rises one storey with an attic above, according to an irregular U-shaped plan. The polygonal stair tower connects the main dwelling and the wing in right-angled return to the west, terminated by a substantial pavilion of rectangular plan. To the east, the dwelling is flanked by a pavilion on which is grafted a raised terrace in return on the courtyard, crowned with a balustrade. The East pavilion is enlarged by a square tower. The ornamentation is in neogothic and neo-Renaissance style. The access hall of the main entrance retains the 16th century staircase, terminated by a ceiling of radiating slabs resting on the moulded termination of the core. Carved woodwork of the 19th century. The outbuildings are permanently separated from the castle and partially rebuilt to the north. The architect also reworked the landscape environment.