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In Sarzeau, on the Rhuys peninsula that closes off the Gulf of Morbihan, Kerhars Manor is a 16th-century residence that was remodelled in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1555 it belonged to Guillaume Droillart, a canon of Nantes. The eastern part of the building was probably added around 1800, and outbuildings were erected in the middle and at the end of the 19th century. In 1872, Amédée de Gouvello bought the estate to establish an agricultural orphanage, an initiative typical of the Catholic social works of the period; the Inventaire also mentions use as a holiday camp. The residence, long and plain, is built of granite and rendered rubble stone, with a square storey and an attic; an external staircase rests against the eastern gable, and a spiral staircase serves the interior. The outbuildings, in granite, have openings in brick and limestone. Listed in the Inventaire général, without protection as a monument historique, the manor is today a private property.