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The priest's house of Chanticoq, located north of the hamlet of Chanticoq in Grand-Champ (Morbihan), is a building built in 1560. It is identified as a priest's house thanks to a carved relief representing a chalice, although no chapel remains nearby. Its architecture, in large granite apparatus, follows a rectangular plan with a ground floor surmounted by an additional high, without living floor. Originally, the roof was covered with thatch, replaced by a modern roof. A monumental fireplace, still visible in the main hall, bears witness to its residential use.

The facades of the house were listed as historic monuments by order of 29 August 1988, recognizing its heritage value. Unlike traditional presbyteries, this house does not have a habitable floor, but a simple attic. The gables, discovered, and the stumps of tear chimneys are remarkable architectural elements. A chapel, now extinct, could have existed nearby, as suggested by the ancient cadastre pointing to a religious building adjacent to the house, today destroyed.

The house illustrates Breton civil architecture of the 16th century, marked by the use of granite and preserved volumes intact. Its exceptional state of conservation, with a completely preserved volume, makes it a rare example of a priest's house of that time. The date of 1560, engraved on the façade, and the carved chalice confirm its religious vocation, although its precise history and its occupants remain largely unknown.

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