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Le château en bref
The Manoir du Verger stands at Gestel, near Lorient (Morbihan). The seigneury of Le Vergier is attested as early as 1281. The manor house was built in the early fifteenth century, possibly for Pierre du Vergier, who owned it in 1396. The original residence comprised a ground-floor hall under a timber roof, a kitchen, a bedchamber and a stair tower. In the second half of the fifteenth century, the central section and the tower were raised. The ground-floor hall was replaced in the nineteenth century, and a new wing was added to the west after 1818, retaining an older fireplace. The dovecote shown on the 1818 cadastral survey has disappeared, but the weir mill on the Scaff, dated 1656, survives. The manor should not be confused with the neighbouring neo-Gothic château, built in 1870–1873 for the Langle de Cary family. It is privately owned and listed in the General Inventory of Cultural Heritage.