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Kéroch'iou Manor à Morlaix dans le Finistère

Patrimoine classé
Demeure seigneuriale
Manoir
Finistère

Kéroch'iou Manor

    Kéroch'iou
    29600 Morlaix
Crédit photo : Granit29 - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1509
Wedding of Annette Porzpozen
XVe siècle
First land records
1563
Construction of the current mansion
1898
Partial reconstruction
29 novembre 1979
Historical Monument
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Façades and roofs, including the entrance gate (Case AD 24): classification by decree of 26 November 1979

Key figures

Annette Porzpozen - 15th century heiress Marry a descendant of Jean Toulgoat.
Jean Toulgoat - Owners' ancestor Family allied with Porzpozen.
Pierre de Kergariou - Senechal of Morlaix Mari of Marie Toulgoat, owner.
Quirio Lagadec - Protagonist of the Legend Challenged the Lord to marry his daughter.
Alphonse Cazin d’Honninctun - Baron owner in the 19th Reconstructed the mansion in 1898.

Origin and history

Keroch'iou Manor House, also known as Keroc'hiou or Ker-Oriou, is a 3rd quarter of the 16th century building located 3.4 km north of Morlaix in Finistère. Its Breton name means "rock manor". It is distinguished in two parts: the "old Kerochiou", being restored, and "Kéroch'iou the young", built much later. The site faces Notre-Dame de la Salette and retains ruins of ancient buildings in its northern courtyard.

The current mansion, dated 1563, was built in schist bellows with granite frames. It features a rectangular plan, a square tower at the northwest corner, and a gate in the middle of a hanger adorned with three armored shields. From the 15th century the land belonged to the family of Porzpozen, then passed by successive alliances to the Toulgoat, Kerambon, and Kergariou. In 1509, Annette Porzpozen married a descendant of Jean Toulgoat, marking the beginning of a line of noble owners.

A local legend tells that a lord of Kergorc'hiou, scorning a villager named Quirio Lagadec, imposed an impossible test: bringing back three hairs of Satan's beard to marry his daughter. Quirio succeeded, but the hair burned the lord mortally, who accepted the marriage before he died. In the 19th century, the mansion was rebuilt in 1898 after being sold by Paul de Champagny to Baron Alphonse Cazin d'Honninctun and then sold in 1924 for financial reasons.

The coat of arms of the first owners, visible on the porches, testify to its aristocratic history. The mansion was partially classified as a Historical Monument on November 29, 1979 (facades, roofs, gate). Today, it embodies a Breton architectural heritage combining Renaissance and popular narratives, between schist, granite, and memory of the noble families of Finistère.

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