Logo Musée du Patrimoine

All French heritage classified by regions, departments and cities

  2. Patrimoine
  3. Bretagne
  4. Côtes-d'Armor
  5. 22420 Le Vieux-Marché

  6. House of Kergoz in the Old Market

 House of Kergoz in the Old Market au Vieux-Marché en Côtes-d'Armor

Patrimoine classé
Maison classée MH
Côtes-dArmor

House of Kergoz in the Old Market

    D88
    22420 Le Vieux-Marché
Maison de Kergoz au Vieux-Marché
Maison de Kergoz au Vieux-Marché
Maison de Kergoz au Vieux-Marché
Crédit photo : Creasy - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1700
1800
1900
2000
1671
Construction of the house
1835
First cadastre mentioning Kergoz
1929
Studies by Henri Froutier de La Messelière
2003
Historical Monument
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The house and communes to the southeast of the courtyard, in full, as well as the well placed against the west wall of the posterior pavilion (Box D 1184): inscription by order of 20 June 2003

Key figures

M: H: N: / F: LEM: / F: P: A: LE MORVAN - Sponsors (1671) Noble tax exempt, mentioned by vintage.
Henri Frotier de La Messelière - Historian and draftsman Studyed the monument in 1929.

Origin and history

The house of Kergoz, built in 1671 in the village of Old Market (Côtes-d'Armor), is a rural house made of stone and granite stone, typical of Breton architecture of the 2nd half of the 17th century. Its inverted T-shaped plan and south-south-east façade incorporate Renaissance elements: pilaster and curvilinear pediment, skylights adorned with the owners' figures, and stumps of ground chimneys. At the back, a tower in the pavilion houses a ramp staircase and a stencil (ground floor), as well as a wardrobe upstairs. These provisions, rare in rural homes, inspire manors, blending prestige and agricultural functionality.

The building preserves traces of daily life: wall salor, sink, well-powered age, and storage niches. The toponym Kergoz (attested as early as the 1835 cadastre) evokes a former inhabited place. The sponsors, identified by the vintage and the inscription "M: H: N: / F: LEM: / F: P: A: THE MORVAN", belonged to the nobility, as indicated by the nobility balls on the western chimney, symbol of tax exemption. Divine protection is invoked via the monogram "IHS" (Jesus) and "Maria" on the front door.

Classified as a Historic Monument in 2003, the house was restored after studies conducted in 1929 by Henri Frotier de La Messelière and official records in 1949. Its outbuildings (stable, barn) date back to the 19th century, but are already on the 1835 cadastre. Located 2.1 km from the village, close to a spring and tributary of the Saint-Ethurien, it embodies a model of rural noble habitat, halfway between manor and farm, reflecting the social hierarchies of the Ancien Régime Brittany.

External links

Page Monumentum