Château de la Motte

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Le château en bref

The Château de la Motte, at the locality of Moulin de la Motte in La Motte-Fouquet (Orne), is a seigneurial complex in the Andaine bocage, on the banks of the Gourbe. The site was a seigneurie with high and low justice whose origins date back to the 13th century. The present main residence, built in the 17th century, stands on remains from the 15th and 16th centuries. The complex includes outbuildings with two wings (1670 and 1682), a cart shed, a mill, a chapel dating from 1699 that replaces an oratory of 1582, a porch with rusticated masonry, an orangery of 1804, and a cider house from the late 17th century. The works of 1670 and 1682 are attributed to the father of the Gabriel brothers, architects from Argentan. A private property, the site has been partially listed as a monument historique since 1980.