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The Château de la Motte-Jean, in Saint-Coulomb, is a malouinière built around 1625. It replaced an earlier medieval fortification, now reduced to a height of 2 metres. The central body is flanked by projecting pavilions at each end. The interior retains Renaissance staircases with carved wooden balustrades, period granite fireplaces and decorative joists. A former tower was converted into a rectangular chapel with an apse. The estate was successively the fortified residence of Bertrand du Guesclin in the XIVth century, then the property of the marquis du Hindré (1513–1756). Robert Surcouf's grandfather acquired it in 1756 and gave it as a dowry to his daughter in 1764. The Grout de Beauvais family owned it from the end of the XVIIIth century until 1915. It has been listed as a monument historique since 23 October 1980.