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  3. Normandie
  4. Manche
  5. 50530 Bacilly

  6. Domaine de Chantore

Domaine de Chantore à Bacilly dans la Manche

Manche

Domaine de Chantore

    2 Chantore
    50530 Bacilly
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Crédit photo : Ikmo-ned - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1780
Construction of the castle
1813
Buy by Auguste-François Angot
1868
Acquisition by Georges Genreau
2021
Historical monument classification
2023
Label 'remarkable tree'
2025
Inauguration of the rose garden
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The following parts of the Chantore estate: the park, its land base, its factories and its hydraulic system; the facades and roofs of the castle, as well as the interior rooms of the ground floor and the first floor; the entire old stable; the facades and roofs of the communes and of the farm as delimited on the plan annexed to the decree, located at the place called Chantore, on Parcel 3 appearing in the cadastre section ZE: inscription by order of 2 September 2021

Key figures

Auguste-François Angot - Member of Parliament for Avranches Buyer in 1813, park designer.
Georges Genreau - Former Advocate General Owner (1868-1906), creator of the current park.
Yves Droüet de Montgermont - Vicomte and Mayor of Bacilly Owner (1888-1908), Mayoral line.
Jean Droüet de Montgermont - Mayor of Bacilly (1932-1977) Born and died in the castle, last direct heir.
Bernard Legal et Iñaki de Goiburu - Current owners Restoration and opening to the public (2013).

Origin and history

The castle of Chantore, built in 1780 by a local lord, replaces an old castle, some of which remains near the Lerre. This 18th century estate, located in Bacilly in the English Channel, embodies the evolution of architectural and landscape tastes, moving from a medieval fortress to an aristocratic residence surrounded by a romantic park. Its history reflects the social transformations of Normandy, marked by changes in influential owners, including noble families and politicians.

The park, enriched by exotic trees in the 19th century by Auguste-François Angot, MP for Avranches, became a botanical setting under the impulse of Georges Genreau (1868-1906), former attorney general. The latter, passionate about botany, remodeled the park between 1868 and 1906 by integrating factories, a hydraulic system and rare species, such as a bicentennial camellia labeled in 2023. The estate, passed on to the Droüet family of Montgermont, remains a place of local power, with several mayors of Bacilly from this lineage.

Ranked a historic monument in 2021 for its facades, park and outbuildings, the estate opened to the public in 2018 after a restoration led by Bernard Legal and Iñaki de Goiburu. They developed guest rooms there and rehabilitated the park in English from archives, adding in 2025 a rose garden with creations by Roserist Christian de Chausey. The site, labeled "remarkable garden" in 2021, illustrates the sustainability of aristocratic heritages and their contemporary adaptation.

External links

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