Manoir du Bignon

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Le château en bref

The Manoir du Bignon stands in the former commune of La Chapelle-Caro, which has been part of Val d'Oust since 2016. It resulted from two closely spaced building campaigns: a first residence (logis) was erected towards the end of the 15th or the very beginning of the 16th century, and a second was added to it in the first quarter of the 16th century, the two being joined by an octagonal stair turret housing a newel staircase. The two wings form an L around an enclosed courtyard, formerly reached through a double-entrance gateway of which some remains survive. The walls of schist rubble and dressed stone are enlivened by carved granite surrounds: on the western logis, mullioned windows with cusped arches bear finials and curly cabbage ornaments, typical of the Breton Flamboyant Gothic. Around the courtyard, the estate retains a bakehouse and a bread oven probably dating from the 16th century, a dovecote with nesting boxes, a well, and an outbuilding of the 17th century. The whole, studied by the Inventaire général, is privately owned.