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  6. Château de La Roche Giffard

 Château de La Roche Giffard à Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes en Ille-et-Vilaine

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château
Ille-et-Vilaine

Château de La Roche Giffard

    Château de La Roche Giffard
    35390 Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes
Photo de Château de La Roche Giffard

Timeline

Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
XIIIe siècle
Medieval origin
1685
Acquisition by Catherine de Rougé
milieu XVIIIe siècle
Purchase by Locquet de Grandville
entre 1876 et 1880
Second construction campaign
27 octobre 2014
Registration for historical monuments
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Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The castle, i.e. the house for its facades and roofs, its adjoining terraces with their porches and stairs, its panelled living room located to the right of the entrance, its large reception hall on two levels located at the back; outbuildings located to the north for their facades and roofs and their courtyard; dependencies to the south for their facades and roofs; old kennels for their facades and roofs and their enclosures; the west avenue leading to the castle; the entrance courtyard with its circular basin, alleys and walls; the plot to the north and east of the house, with its cooler; plots forming terrace south of the house, with their walls; the chapel for its facades and roofs (cad. B 1210, 1211, 1213, 1214, 1218, 1219, 1124, 1482; ZH 26-28, 36p; ZI 169): registration by order of 27 October 2014

Key figures

Catherine de Rougé - Owner in 1685 Wife of Marshal de Créquy
Charles Jean Locquet de Grandville - Negotiator and shipowner Reconstruct Grand-Fougeray Castle
Guy de Lavau - Prince's general farmer Acquire seigneury in 1700
Prince de Condé - Lord of Châteaubriant Gives the seigneury to Lavau

Origin and history

The Château de La Roche-Giffard, located in the commune of Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes (Ille-et-Vilaine), is a monument of medieval origin dating back to the 13th century. He was successively detained by the Giffart families of La Lande and La Chapelle, before being acquired in 1685 by Catherine de Rougé, wife of the Marshal of Créquy. In the 18th century, the estate passed into the hands of Charles Jean Locquet de Grandville, a malouin merchant, and Guy de Lavau, a farmer general of the prince of Condé. These changes of owners mark a period of architectural and feudal transformations for the site.

The present building, built in two countrysides in the 19th century, adopts a neo-XVIIe style. The first phase erected a rectangular central body, completed between 1876 and 1880 by a rear wing. The castle, with a plan in H, is distinguished by its four projecting pavilions, its reception hall adorned with murals, and a panelled living room. It is listed as historical monuments in 2014 for its remarkable facades, roofs, and interior elements, as well as its outbuildings and landscaped park.

The estate is situated in a marked natural setting, at the edge of the Teillay forest and on the edge of the Aron, river delimiting the Ille-et-Vilaine and the Loire-Atlantique. This border location between Brittany and Pays de la Loire reflects its history linked to exchanges between these territories. The protected elements also include a chapel, kennels, a cooler, and an entrance courtyard with circular basin, reflecting the heritage and landscape importance of the site.

Prior to its reconstruction in the 19th century, the castle was a strategic feudal site, as evidenced by its former owners, including Breton noble families and figures related to the court of the prince of Condé. The transformation into a neoclassical residence in the 19th century illustrates the evolution of the architectural tastes of the aristocracy and the rising bourgeoisie, while preserving traces of its medieval past.

The inscription to the historical monuments in 2014 highlights the heritage value of the castle, both for its architecture and its history. The protections cover not only the house and its interior decorations (lambing, paintings, silk capitination), but also the landscaped surroundings and the related buildings, offering a coherent and representative set of seigneurial residences renovated in modern times.

External links

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