Manoir de la Faverie

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Le château en bref

Isolated in the Sarthe countryside, the Manoir de la Faverie rises on a platform surrounded by water-filled moats, crossed by two two-arched stone bridges: one leads to the forecourt to the south, the other to the service courtyard to the north. A fief dependent on the seigneurie of Beaumont-Pied-de-Bœuf, it was for a long time the residence of a branch of the Couette de la Couetterie family, then of the Ledoux and Lelong families. Its main body, built of rubble limestone with ashlar quoins, is flanked by corner pavilions, one of which, to the south-west, is bastioned. The dormer windows with Ionic pilasters and triangular pediments reflect a late Renaissance decorative scheme; the gun loops have a symbolic function. To the west, an L-shaped range of outbuildings houses a barn, cowsheds and a square dovecote, recalling the agricultural vocation of the estate. Listed as a monument historique in 1926, the ensemble is in good condition and remains privately owned.