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The Beauval Manor House, located at Croixdalle in the Seine-Maritime, is an emblematic building of the sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Built mainly of bricks and wooden panels, it has Hispano-Flamand-style decorations and maintains a common oven, a witness to the domestic uses of the past. The captivated chapel, erected in 1651, serves as a family necropolis, while the house, remodeled on several occasions, has facades adorned with varnished brick crumbs and flint daziers.

The seigneury of Beauval, close to the Hellet forest, was acquired around 1600 by Aimar de Saint-Ouen. His son, Charles de Saint-Ouen, built the chapel there in 1651, marking the family anchor on this estate. The house body, dated from the end of the 16th century, was enlarged in 1754 and remodeled in the 19th century, notably with holes and interior decorations such as the portrait salon. The chapel, modified in the 18th century, hosts a stucco altar-table decorated with painted canvases.

Since November 19, 2002, the Beauval mansion has protected its facades, roofs, staircase, ground floor rooms and chapel in its entirety. This monument illustrates the architectural and social evolution of a Norman seigneury, between medieval heritage, classical embellishments and modern adaptations. The protected elements reflect both its heritage significance and its historical role in the region.

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