Manoir de Saint-Quijeau

English translation

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History

A noble residence is attested at Saint-Quijeau from the 15th century. It belonged at that time to the family of du Rest and then to the Guégant in the 17th century, to the Kervénozaël, de Ploeuc then de Botdéru in the 18th century. The castle as it appears to us today comprises all the characteristic elements of noble construction of the 18th century. It is the outcome of a radical transformation of a pre-existing complex from the 15th century whose overall composition has remained. The marquis de Ploeuc, marrying the heiress of this manor Marie Françoise de Kervénozaël, is the patron not of construction from scratch, but of an adaptation to the architectural taste of the period. He had the work carried out probably in the years 1730-1750. The overall composition, with a closed plan, is the typical composition of a seigneurial residence: the main dwelling block, extended to the east by the chapel, is situated to the north of a closed courtyard on each of its sides by symmetrical outbuildings connected to each other by a wall which closes the courtyard to the south; the western outbuildings are linked to the dwelling by a gateway with double doors, carriage and pedestrian. Gardens extended to the north and east: a few traces of the walls surrounding them still remain. To the northeast of the main dwelling block is found a dependency called the stable. Finally to the southwest, the bread oven is situated beyond the enclosure.