Sculpture dated 1701 (≈ 1701)
Annunciation carved on a facade.
XVIIe siècle
Initial construction
Initial construction XVIIe siècle (≈ 1750)
Period of construction of existing buildings.
XIXe siècle
Major transformations
Major transformations XIXe siècle (≈ 1865)
Housing recovery and expansions.
1926
MH classification
MH classification 1926 (≈ 1926)
Inclusion of the stack in title MH.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
17th century fireplace located in the common room: inscription by decree of 20 September 1926
Key figures
Célestin Port - Local historian
The ancient castle and the motte.
Origin and history
The farm of the Motte-Mulon is a 17th century agricultural building located in Montguillon, in the department of Maine-et-Loire. The current buildings form a regular U-shaped plan, with a rump-covered dwelling in the north, a wood-paned barn in the east, and a cow stable enlarged in the 19th century. Built in shale, they retain traces of an old hydraulic system (fossed, water reserves) linked to the Bouillé-Thévalle stream.
The site was once occupied by a seigneurial castle surrounded by moat, now extinct, as well as a feudal motte located east of the current home. Only a 16th century chimney remains, classified as a historic monument in 1926. Two 18th-century sculptures, one dated 1701 and representing an Annunciation, were moved to a town house (the Maison Neuve). The ancient cadastre also reveals an old driveway leading to the seigneurial building.
Major transformations include the recovery of housing in the 19th century and the partial reconstruction of the stable. The site illustrates the evolution of a seigneurial estate in farming, typical of Anjou. Dried moats and visible ditches are reminiscent of its defensive origin, while architectural elements (woodpans, skylights) reflect 17th and 18th century local techniques.
