Château de Kéranno

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Le château en bref

The Château de Kéranno, on the road from Callac to Grâces (Côtes-d'Armor), was regarded at the end of the 17th century as the finest residence in the Guingamp area; it notably hosted King James II of England, exiled after the Battle of the Boyne (1691), and later the Comte d'Artagnan (1717). The building, in classical style with regular bays, granite mouldings and five round-arched dormers, originally comprised two long perpendicular wings surrounded by moats and enclosed courtyards; a monumental corner staircase survived a fire that destroyed the section facing the entrance. Owned by Jacques Le Vicomte in the early 17th century and then by the Boisboissel family until the Revolution, it was sold as national property (bien national) in 1794 after the emigration of the last Boisboissel. The Villeféron family acquired it around 1840 and converted it to agricultural use; the estate later housed a children's holiday camp. Badly deteriorated, it was bought in 1974 by Mr and Mrs de l'Épineguen, who restored it. Listed (inscrit) as a Monument historique since 1965.