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Le château en bref
The Manoir du Grand Taute, in Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin (Manche), is a fortified manor house dating from the late 16th century. It was built in the 1580s by Jean Langlois, during the Wars of Religion, and was damaged by a Protestant attack in 1588. It then passed to the Lecocq, Le Breton de Beaucoudray and Delalande families, before being bought and restored in 1995 by Chantal and Christian Herrault. Its defensive character is evident in its gun loops, internal machicolations and basement vent grilles. Two stair towers, square-mullioned windows in the Henri IV–Louis XIII style and dormer windows with semicircular pediments punctuate the façades. The façades, the roof, a ceiling, the chimneypiece of the main building and the press mechanism are listed as historic monuments. As a privately owned second home, it opens its exterior to visitors in season, and interior visits are by appointment only.