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Le château en bref
Barbotin Manor, near Ploërmel, is a small seigneurial complex arranged around an enclosed courtyard. Its gateway, which combines a pedestrian doorway and a carriage entrance, bears the date 1617, which is taken as the date of construction; a single alteration took place in 1757. The main residential block, laid out in an L-shape, combines schist and granite under a slate roof and rises over a single storey, served by a spiral staircase. A projecting stair tower, still shown on the 1848 cadastral survey, has since disappeared and survives only in a few remnants. The former dwelling house has been converted into a cattle shed, and the courtyard retains a bread oven and a well, evidence of the domestic and agricultural life of the estate. The Inventaire général, which studied the site, found it abandoned and in poor condition at the time of the survey. The manor is privately owned and does not benefit from protection as a monument historique.