En un regard
Le château en bref
Donville Manor stands at Méautis, near Carentan, in the marshes of the Cotentin. The site is documented from 1079 and passed through the hands of several local families, including the Méautis, the Osbert and the Gigault de Bellefonds. In 1770, Louis Gislot, a farmer from Sainteny, acquired it and had it enlarged in 1778. The house, rebuilt that year on a building dating from the late 17th century, is constructed of cob on a stone frame and roofed with an elm hull-type timber frame dated 1778; terraced gardens accompany it. In June 1944, the manor served as the headquarters of German paratroopers and then of the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, at the heart of the fighting known as ‘Bloody Gulch’. Acquired in 1999 by Franck Feuardent, it has been partially listed since 2011.