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Origin and history

The farm of the Valley is a manor house dating back to the late 15th century or the 16th century, located in the Dan Valley in Biéville-Beuville, Calvados department in Normandy. Originally built as a seigneurial residence, the stone building is characterized by a main house and a turret, with an ancient facade decorated with sill windows. This manor house, typical of the Norman rural architecture of the Renaissance, illustrates the transition between medieval fortified houses and farm farms.

In the 18th century, the mansion underwent a major transformation with the addition of a wing, marking its adaptation to agricultural uses. Among the remarkable elements, a relief representing a lion ornate the most recent wing, while the east facade, stair tower and roofs of the house have been protected since 1984 by an inscription to historical monuments. These protections highlight the heritage value of the best preserved parts, reflecting the architectural and functional evolution of the site.

The partial classification in 1984 specifically concerns the facades and roofs of the eastern facade, as well as the stair tower, elements considered representative of the building's history. Although transformed into a farm, the manor house preserves traces of its seigneurial past, such as the manor windows and the turret, offering a rare example of a Norman rural mansion that survived centuries. The location in the Dan Valley, a preserved natural setting, adds to the historical and landscape interest of the site.

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