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The Ferronnays mansion, located in Calorgen in the Côtes-d'Armor, is a 16th century seigneurial residence slightly dominating the Rance. Sponsored in 1569 by Gilles Ferron, as attests an inscription on the lintel of the pantry, it illustrates the mixed architecture of the Breton Renaissance, mixing granite, shale and falun stone. Its rectangular plan, punctuated by a circular tower and an angle turret, integrates defensive elements such as a steep and flamboyant portal, now dismantled but partially preserved.

The house, rebuilt in the early 16th century on the occasion of the marriage of Rolland Ferron and Louise Troussier, was enlarged in 1569 for Gilles Ferron and Jeanne Glé. The Allied arms of the Ferron and Troussier, visible on the beams and chimneys, bear witness to this noble filiation. The large room on the ground floor, illuminated by a brazed window and heated by a monumental fireplace, was framed by a kitchen and a lower bedroom, while a wooden staircase served the upper floor of the seigneurial rooms, including a room with carved beams.

The mansion preserves 14th-century remains, such as the fireplace of the upstairs hall, similar to that of the Grand Touche mansion in Pacé (1390). Turned into a farm from the 17th century, it lost some of its outbuildings (colombier, fisherman) and its bulb turret, dismantled in the 20th century. Since the 1920s, it has enjoyed protection for historical monuments (registration in 1926) and has undergone restorations, including the reconstruction of its original portal.

The Ferron de la Ferronnays family, attested since the 12th century, is one of the oldest noble lines in Brittany. Jacques Ferron, present at the Écuyers' magazine in 1356, and his sons Olivier, Jean and Geoffroy, knights in 1359, illustrate his anchoring in the ducal aristocracy. The mansion, symbol of their power, also reflects the architectural changes between the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, with its two construction campaigns in the sixteenth century.

The cadastral sources (1810, 1843) reveal the evolution of its environment: the removal of original accesses (west, north, east) to a north driveway, and the disappearance of a rear wing. Local materials (granite, falun) and interior arrangements (wall vessels, latrines, flat-pass) underline its adaptation to seigneurial and agricultural needs. Today, the current owners work to preserve it, while valuing its historical and architectural heritage.

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