Who built Carneville castle?

François Hervé Simon de Carneville had the present building constructed in 1755, modelled on the nearby château de Saint-Pierre-Église.

Can you visit Carneville castle?

The park and gardens are open to visitors, but the interior remains only partly accessible due to work following dry rot damage.

Is Carneville castle a listed historic monument?

It has held partial protection since 1975: certain facades, roofs and interior rooms are classified, while the outbuildings and bakery are registered.

Where is Carneville castle located?

It stands in the Val de Saire area of the Manche department, about a kilometre south of the village of Carneville.

Which family owned Carneville castle?

The Symon de Carneville family held it from the 17th to the 19th century, before it later passed to the Tocqueville family in the 20th century.

Château de Carneville

Carneville Castle

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Château de Carneville stands in Carneville (Manche), in the Normandie region of France. The building is listed as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: 17th century, 18th century). Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Set back from the village of Carneville in the Val de Saire, this eighteenth century manor replaced two earlier houses that still stand among its outbuildings, one bearing the date 1640, the other 1699. The courtyard facade, marked by tall dormers and a pedimented central bay, faces a tree lined avenue leading to a seven hectare park where an ancient oak, said to be over six centuries old, still grows. The estate belonged for generations to the Symon de Carneville family and later to the Tocquevilles, before opening to visitors in the early 2010s.

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What to know

The park, avenues and gardens can be explored freely, while the interior of the house, long affected by dry rot, remains only partly open.
Listed protection does not cover the whole building: only certain facades, roofs and interior rooms are classified, while the outbuildings and bakery are merely registered.
The site lies about a kilometre south of Carneville's parish church, in the open countryside of the Val de Saire.
Events and gatherings are occasionally held in the gardens, tied to local community life.
The grounds include a notable oak tree estimated at more than six hundred years old.

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Where this château is

Carneville · Manche · Normandie

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Carneville, Manche

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Heritage status: Listed historic monument (classé); Mérimée record PA00110357
Period of construction: 17th century, 18th century

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Who built Carneville castle?: François Hervé Simon de Carneville had the present building constructed in 1755, modelled on the nearby château de Saint-Pierre-Église.
Can you visit Carneville castle?: The park and gardens are open to visitors, but the interior remains only partly accessible due to work following dry rot damage.
Is Carneville castle a listed historic monument?: It has held partial protection since 1975: certain facades, roofs and interior rooms are classified, while the outbuildings and bakery are registered.
Where is Carneville castle located?: It stands in the Val de Saire area of the Manche department, about a kilometre south of the village of Carneville.
Which family owned Carneville castle?: The Symon de Carneville family held it from the 17th to the 19th century, before it later passed to the Tocqueville family in the 20th century.