Manor of the Cour de Launay

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Le château en bref

The Cour de Launay manor is located at Les Fougerêts, in the Morbihan department. It is a rare surviving example of late medieval civil architecture: its roof frame, which has survived, was dated by dendrochronology to 1469–1470. The manor has an L-shaped plan, with its main façade facing south-east and a large circular stair turret projecting from the building, capped with a conical roof, which houses a newel-less spiral staircase. Its walls are built of schist rubble under a slate roof. On the ground floor is a large hall, the former kitchen to the north having disappeared, and a storeroom occupies the west wing; the first-floor rooms retain remains of fireplaces and windows with stone window seats. Remodelled in the sixteenth century, it lost its north wing in the eighteenth century and had its roof lowered. The manor, the remains of the outbuildings and the surrounding land have been listed as monuments historiques since 2017. A privately owned property currently under restoration, it is promoted by the association Les Amis de la Cour de Launay, which organises occasional visits.