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Manoir d'Argences

Saussey, Manche, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Le colombier, en totalité (cad. A 203) : inscription par arrêté du 16 juillet 2001
Protection dates
2001/07/16 : inscrit MH
Type
manoir
Main period of construction
1er quart 17e siècle
Dates
1612
Ownership
propriété privée
Lieu-dit
Argences
Commune
Saussey
Département
Manche
Region
Normandie
Country
France
Coordinates
49.01730, -1.44744
Mérimée reference
PA50000021

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1773 map "2me. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Normandie." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le manoir a été construit de 1607 à 1815. Le colombier, daté de 1612, fait partie des rares spécimens de colombier de plan rectangulaire subsistant encore dans la région. Il subsiste dans son contexte architectural du début du 17e siècle. Bâti le long de la douve, il fait office de mur d'enceinte et apparaît comme un signal distinctif symbolisant les droits seigneuriaux. Le manoir possède un ensemble de constructions qui s'ordonnent autour d'une cour fermée.

English translation

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The manor was built from 1607 to 1815. The dovecote, dated 1612, is among the rare specimens of rectangular plan dovecote still surviving in the region. It survives in its architectural context of the early 17th century. Built along the moat, it acts as a boundary wall and appears as a distinctive signal symbolizing seigneurial rights. The manor possesses a set of constructions arranged around a closed courtyard.

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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