Manoir du Guern

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Le château en bref

At Meucon, north of Vannes, the Manoir du Guern is a small rural seigneurial residence, probably dating from the sixteenth century, although its dating remains uncertain for lack of precise archives. Built of granite, it rises over a single square storey beneath a slate roof with long pitches, finished with a covered gable. Its most distinctive feature is its spiral staircase, without an open central well, housed in a tower partly *hors-œuvre*, that is, projecting from the façade. This arrangement freed up the interior space of the residence and is a hallmark of Breton noble housing from the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the pitch of the roof and certain elements of the façade were altered, but the stair tower remained intact. Listed in the General Inventory of Cultural Heritage, without protection as a historic monument, the manor is privately owned.