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The Trevilit Manor House, located in Plonéour-Lanvern in Finistère, is a historical monument dating from the 15th century. It consists of a main house body on one floor, adorned with a door in basket handle and crumb windows, extended by a low wing connecting the chapel. The latter, in the shape of an angle pavilion, is framed by gables to the east and west. The ensemble is girded by a defensive wall with crowlets that once supported a machicoulis round road. At 35 metres to the south, a large 150-metre-long walled enclosure served as a refuge in case of attack, pierced by gunmen for his defence.

Inside, the mansion houses monumental granite chimneys carved with floral motifs. As a noble land from the 11th century, the estate belonged to the Kergrist and Boisgelin families in the 16th century, before depending on the Barony of the Bridge from 1689. Restoration work began there in 1968. The facades, roofs and the wall of southern enclosure with its portal have been listed in the Historical Monuments since 1977.

The location of the mansion, 18 km south-west of Quimper and 4 km from Pont-l Its spatial organization, combining seigneurial habitat, place of worship and space of collective protection, illustrates the security and social needs of the era, where manor houses played a central role in local organization and the protection of surrounding populations.

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