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The Manor House of the Queurie is a medieval building built in the 15th century, located in the department of Orne, near La Courbe, a commune delegated by Écouché-les-Vallées. This monument is distinguished by its typical architecture of the time, mixing a main house body and a hexagonal tower. A stone band separates the floors, while the sill windows and monumental chimneys testify to its late Gothic style.

The building, which has been listed as a historic monument since November 2, 1926, features architectural features such as pilasters decorated with garlands and capitals. Its external aspect, partially unfinished, suggests an interruption of work, visible in particular by a wall waiting. The mansion thus illustrates the evolution of seigneurial constructions in Lower Normandy at the end of the Middle Ages.

Located about a kilometre from the church of La Courbe, the Manor House of La Queurie is part of a rural landscape marked by feudal history. Although little documented about its owners or its precise use, it reflects the role of manor houses as centres of local power and agricultural life. Its classification in 1926 underscores its heritage value, preserving a testimony of Norman civil architecture of the 15th century.

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