Manoir de la Cour

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Manoir de la Cour stands behind the church of Saint-Manvieu, in Gonfreville, in the Manche department. This fortified residence, whose core may date back to the fifteenth century, was mainly built or remodelled in the sixteenth century, then altered in the seventeenth. It was once enclosed and surrounded by a moat. The L-shaped main building is served by a staircase tower with canted corners, set in the re-entrant angle and pierced by small chamfered windows; a second tower disappeared in 1944. The sixteenth-century porch combines a carriage gateway and a pedestrian doorway, both with mouldings, the latter surmounted by a niche in the Gothic style. The manor retains Renaissance features, including a doorway with Corinthian capitals and fluted pilasters, and a window with a twisted moulding, as well as interior doors with arched lintels (en accolade) and sculpted decoration bearing a coat of arms. The outbuildings have mullioned twin windows. In 1640, François Le Roux, sieur de Gonfreville, treasurer of France at Caen, was the owner. The façades and roofs of the manor and its outbuildings have been listed as historic monuments since 14 November 1977. Privately owned, the complex operates as a manor farm.