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Domaine du château du Rozel

Le Rozel, Manche, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Les façades et les toitures de l'ensemble des bâtiments du domaine, y compris l'emprise du jardin avec ses murs de clôture et ses pavillons (cad. A 5, lieudit Le Grand Jardin, 581 à 583, lieudit Le Manoir) : inscription par arrêté du 14 septembre 2005
Protection dates
2005/09/14 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
1ère moitié 18e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Le Rozel
Département
Manche
Region
Normandie
Country
France
Coordinates
49.48973, -1.82791
Mérimée reference
PA50000037

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1702 map "A new and correct draught of the CHANNELL between ENGLAND and FRANCE" (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Jérôme-Frédéric Bignon, légitimiste sous la Restauration, fait couvrir l'ensemble des tours et le colombier de couronnements de créneaux et merlons, et d'un belvédère. Il dote également le château de bâtiments de service. Les aménagements ont préservé l'ancien système de défense des tours ainsi que l'ancien logis avec sa chambre de tir. La cohérence se lit dans le plan et dans l'implantation des bâtiments, sans oublier l'aspect paysager avec le jardin clos et ses deux pavillons.

English translation

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Jérôme-Frédéric Bignon, a legitimist during the Restoration, had the entire set of towers and the dovecote covered with crenellations and merlons, and a belvedere. He also provided the château with service buildings. The modifications preserved the old defensive system of the towers as well as the old main dwelling with its gun embrasure. Coherence is evident in the plan and in the arrangement of the buildings, not to mention the landscape aspect with the enclosed garden and its two pavilions.

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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