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The malouinière of La Mettrie-aux-Louëts, in Saint-Coulomb, was built in the first quarter of the 18th century, probably at the same time as its chapel, which is dated 1725. The house, five bays wide and flanked by two small wings, retains a wooden staircase with balusters, restrained panelling, a wide-board parquet floor and alcoves. The estate includes a formal French garden with a basin, a green lawn and a water mirror flanked by corner pavilions. The Quentin family, shipowners and merchants from Saint-Malo active between Saint-Malo, Tours, Cadiz and the French trading posts in India (Pondicherry, Madras), owned the property; Vincent Quentin de La Mettrie sat on the Superior Council of Pondicherry in 1741. The main house, its outbuildings, chapel, stables, approach avenue and the whole estate are listed as Monuments historiques.