Manoir du Cosquer
Plougasnou
Access
No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found
- Where
- Plougasnou
To make a day of it
Open within 20 km
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Manoir du Cosquer stands in Plougasnou (Finistère), in the Bretagne region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: 15th century, 16th century). The building is privately owned and no visits are on record.
Built in the 15th century at Plougasnou, the Manoir du Cosquer stands as a fortified granite residence characteristic of medieval Brittany. The estate is organized around a closed courtyard and features a double-arched gateway, an integrated dovecote, and outbuildings that remain visible. Period elements survive inside, including sculpted wooden mantels and a stone staircase.
What to know
- Interior visits are not currently available; access is limited to the courtyard and exterior buildings.
- The façades, roof, entrance gateway, and dovecote have been protected as historic monuments since 1975.
- The site preserves the remains of an old chapel dedicated to Saint Anne, with traces of its enclosure wall visible at the entrance.
- A well carved into the wall with granite consoles for buckets reflects the medieval organization of the courtyard.
Where this château is
Plougasnou · Finistère · Bretagne
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This châteauChâteaux within 40 km
Address
1219 Cosquer, 29630 Plougasnou
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- Period of construction
- 15th century, 16th century
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Frequently asked
- What 15th-century features survive inside the manor?
- The manor retains sculptured wooden fireplace mantels and a period stone staircase.
- What is the Cosquer dovecote?
- It is a pigeonnier integrated into the entrance gateway, featuring nesting holes carved directly into stone.
- Can you see the Saint Anne chapel on the property?
- Only its remains are visible: enclosure walls and an altar table at the entrance to the manor lane.
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Sources
Identity, location and official references from Wikidata and the Mérimée register.
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- Mérimée PA00090235
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