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The manor house of Pommereux is a seigneurial house built around 1500 by Robert II Guyon, lord of Pommereux, and his wife Alix Terrée de La Lande. Located in Montgaroult, Orne, it illustrates the civil architecture of the late Middle Ages, with a rectangular house in white stones and a six-part tower housing a Gothic castral chapel. The building, rebuilt in the 16th century, preserves defensive elements and Renaissance decorations, such as an oratory and sled windows.

The manor house was saved from ruin in 1967 thanks to emergency work, rewarded by the Masters-D'oeuvre prize at risk. It has been classified as a historical monument since 1926 (inscription) and 1970 (classification of facades and roofs). Its spiral screw staircase and gargoyles bear witness to its past prestige, while its location near the Argentan to Putanges road highlights its role in the Norman seigneurial network.

According to the sources, the manor house was built on the remains of a 13th-century gentilhommière, although this hypothesis remains to be confirmed. The corbelled turret and the domestic chapel, with its gables decorated with cabbages, make it a rare example of a fortified manor with both residential and religious vocation. The royal fireplaces and the dusty windows recall the relative comfort of the rural elites of the time.

Today, the Pommereux mansion remains a major architectural testimony of the transition between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in Normandy. Its protection of historical monuments makes it a preserved heritage, although its access to the public and its current uses (visits, accommodation) are not specified in the available sources.

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