Manoir de Criqueboeuf

Bonnebosq

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Where: Bonnebosq

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Manoir de Criqueboeuf stands in Bonnebosq (Calvados), in the Normandie region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: second half of the 16th century). The building is privately owned and no visits are on record.

In Bonnebosq, in the Calvados department, the manoir de Criquebœuf combines a 16th century timber-framed main house with two square defensive towers built in dressed stone. The building did not originate here: it came from the manoir de Launay, in Sainte-Martin-de-Bienfaite-la-Cressonnière, and only its oldest central section was dismantled and rebuilt on this site. Actor Yul Brynner made it his Norman home from the early 1970s until his last summer there in 1985. Visitors can still see the turning staircase with balusters and the stacked chimneys typical of late 16th century manor houses.

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What to know

The manor has been listed as a historic monument since 2004, covering the main house, its façades and roof.
No verified information on opening hours, admission fees or visit duration is available.
The building was entirely relocated from its original site, with only the old central section rebuilt here.
Interest in the place lies as much in its 16th century defensive architecture as in its connection to actor Yul Brynner.