En un regard
Le château en bref
Set in the countryside of Sérent, in the heart of the Lanvaux moors, Ruscouart Manor is a rural residence dating from the late Middle Ages. Its pointed-arch doorways allow it to be dated to the 15th century. The building, of schist, rubble, dressed stone and granite beneath a long-pitched slate roof, has a single full storey. A spiral staircase inside serves the levels, and a polygonal chimney stack crowns the south gable. Its T-shaped plan, already visible on the 1829 cadastre, and projecting bonding stones (pierres d'attente) suggest that a wing has since disappeared. The réformations of the Breton nobility allow its holders to be traced: Guillaume de Sérent and Perrot du Tay are mentioned there in 1427, the de Forges family around 1460, and then Loys du Val and his wife Marie de Sérent in 1514. In 1536, Ruscouart was held of the sieur de la Villereix. Listed in the Inventaire without protection, the manor is privately owned.