What is a malouinière?

A malouinière is a country house built by ship-owners and privateers from Saint-Malo, often situated to take advantage of natural terrain features.

What is the architectural plan of this manor?

The manor follows an H-shaped plan, with a central residential block flanked by two projecting pavilions.

Is the chapel accessible?

The rectangular chapel from 1707, although protected as a historic monument, was converted into a granary and cellar and forms part of the listed structures on the estate.

Château de la Motte-Jean

Motte-Jean Castle

Saint-Coulomb

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Château de la Motte-Jean stands in Saint-Coulomb (Ille-et-Vilaine), in the Bretagne region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: first half of the 18th century). Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

This early eighteenth-century manor at Saint-Coulomb in Ille-et-Vilaine exemplifies the malouinière, a type of country house that ship-owners and privateers from Saint-Malo built into the local terrain. Its H-shaped plan consists of a central residential block flanked by two projecting pavilions. The property, listed as a historic monument, is notable for its tiered gardens and surviving structures, including a chapel dated 1707.

What to know

The property is organized around two successive gardens connected by a stone horseshoe staircase: the upper garden overlooks the lower garden, from which one could formerly see a pond and moat.
The main building, dovecote, rectangular chapel and entire estate, including the pond and its structures, have been listed as a historic monument since 2021.
During the Revolutionary period, the manor served as a hospital before resuming residential use.
The chapel, built in 1707, was converted into a granary and cellar during its history.

Where this château is

Saint-Coulomb · Ille-et-Vilaine · Bretagne

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Saint-Coulomb, Ille-et-Vilaine

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Heritage status: Registered historic monument (inscrit); Mérimée record PA00090773
Period of construction: first half of the 18th century

Frequently asked

What is a malouinière?: A malouinière is a country house built by ship-owners and privateers from Saint-Malo, often situated to take advantage of natural terrain features.
What is the architectural plan of this manor?: The manor follows an H-shaped plan, with a central residential block flanked by two projecting pavilions.
Is the chapel accessible?: The rectangular chapel from 1707, although protected as a historic monument, was converted into a granary and cellar and forms part of the listed structures on the estate.