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The Château du Néret stands in the commune of Sarzeau, in the Morbihan department of Brittany. It was built around 1830 for the Renaud family, possibly after plans by the Rennes architect Louis Richelot, and replaced an earlier building that no longer survives. This neoclassical château has an elongated rectangular plan, double-pile in depth, with a five-bay ordered façade, a central projecting section and a loggia; each storey contains five rooms in enfilade. The walls are of rubble masonry with rendered finish, the limestone being reserved for the central bay, the surrounds, the dormers and the loggia; the slate roof has long pitches and hipped ends, and the timber-framed interior staircase has a wrought-iron handrail. The enclosure, probably dating from the 17th century, retains an armorial gateway bearing a Maltese cross, a fountain, a well dated 1898, a dovecote and a press house; an outbuilding with a dwelling and carriage house dates from 1887. A chapel disappeared in the 20th century. The château is a privately owned property not protected as a historic monument.