Boisorcant Manor

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Le château en bref

Boisorcant Manor, in Noyal-sur-Vilaine, one of the major works of manorial architecture in Ille-et-Vilaine, comprises a main residence, a chapel, outbuildings and ancillary buildings surrounded by moats. Referred to as a ‘masure’ at the end of the 14th century, it is described as a ‘manoir’ from the 1460s onwards. It passed from the Orcant family (until 1398) to Julien Thierry, master of the mint of Brittany, who acquired it in 1475 and modernised it around 1490. It was elevated to the rank of châtellenie in 1583, then took the name of ‘château’ in 1692, before passing to the d’Angennes family. The restorations of the 1990s reinstated the original height of the towers and dormer windows. Listed as a monument historique together with its chapel, moats and courtyard, the manor now houses L’Athanor, an exhibition centre devoted to the sculptor Étienne-Martin (1913–1995), set in three hectares of the park.