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At Carentoir, in eastern Morbihan on the border with Ille-et-Vilaine, the manor of La Nouan, also called Lannouan, is a former noble house that exercised middle and low justice over its lands. The lordship belonged to the Trébert family in 1437 and still did in 1536, after which it passed to the Guériff family. Honoré Guériff lived at the manor and married Jeanne Huchet in 1697; his descendants kept the estate throughout the eighteenth century. The present main building dates from that century. It rises one storey over a square plan, built of schist rubble with granite elements, materials typical of this part of Brittany, under a slate roof with long slopes and hips. The estate retains several features that recall its seigneurial status and its agricultural role: a dovecote, or pigeon tower, a sign of noble privilege, an oven and an underground passage. Listed in the General Inventory of the Cultural Heritage of Brittany, the manor is not protected as a monument historique. It is privately owned.