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The Manor House of La Chouanière, located in Montreuil-sur-Maine in Maine-et-Loire, is a 17th and 18th century building, listed as a historical monument in 1973. It consists of a house in the backyard, surrounded by commons in return, with a facade on courtyard organized in four spans. Two central doors, crowned with curved pediment windows, and tufted frames highlight its classic architecture. An inscription under the cornice reveals the names of the sponsors, Maistre Michel Bonneau and his wife Perrine Hervé, as well as the date of construction between 1702 and 1713. The house preserves an 18th century structure and a domestic chapel founded in 1703, with a bell added in 1716.

The site also includes a neo-Gothic castle built between 1865 and 1868, marked by architectural elements in brick and stone (tuffeau), such as decorative diamonds and turrets with conical roofs. This castle, accessible by a divided staircase leading to a balustered terrace, contrasts with the old mansion, abandoned in the 19th century. The dependencies (stable, restored) date back to the 16th, 17th and 19th centuries, reflecting the agricultural and residential evolution of the estate. The fief was historically owned by the Lion Angers and belonged in 1540 to Jean Landivy, a priest, before being transformed into a farm and then enriched by the castle.

The ensemble, protected for its facades, roofs and entrance porch since 1973, illustrates the transition between classical rural architecture (logis and commons) and 19th century eclecticism (negothic castle). Local materials, such as tuffeau, and brick patterns highlight the regional anchoring of the monument. The chapel, stables and hangars complete this testimony of seigneurial life and then agricultural life in Anjou, between the 17th and 19th centuries.

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