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The Château du Plessis-Bardoult, in Pléchâtel, was originally a noble estate with high justice rights belonging to the Bardoult family. It comprises a southern wing built in the early 17th century. It remained a simple manor house until the early 18th century, when it acquired the status of a château following the construction of a northern pavilion in 1853. A chapel dating from 1600 was replaced by a new building in 1850. The estate subsequently passed to the Le Ménager, de Neuville, de Tanoüarn, Simon and Cardinal families. Among its distinguished occupants are the explorer Jules-Henry Onffroy de Vérez and the deputy Fidèle Simon; General Weygand inaugurated a retirement home here in 1937. The 40-hectare park contains rare tree species, four ponds lined with copper beeches, and former ironworks that operated the last charcoal-fired blast furnace in Brittany.