En un regard
Le château en bref
At Lizio, a small town of character on the Lanvaux moors, the Manoir du Clos is in fact a former priest's house, as the Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel explains. The first residence was built in 1543, and a second one was added in 1760, a date carved on the lintel of a dormer window. Built of granite rubble, the two houses rise over a single full storey beneath a slate roof with long pitches, with gables that are sometimes roofed over and sometimes exposed. Inside, a newel staircase without windows serves the floors. One detail stands out: boulins, small niches intended to house pigeons, are set into the masonry, a reminder of the droit de colombier, the right to keep a dovecote. These priests' houses, often more finely built than peasant dwellings, bear witness to the prosperity of the rural clergy in Brittany. The building has been restored. It is not protected as a monument historique and remains privately owned.