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The manor house of La Roche-Coutant is a building located in Tigné, in the department of Maine-et-Loire, in the Pays de la Loire region. Although some sources also locate it in Lys-Haut-Layon, its official address in the Mérimée base is 8 Rue de la Roche Costant, in Tigné. This mansion, whose home bears remains of the last quarter of the 16th century, displays the date of 1579 on its facade. It underwent changes in the 17th century, then in the 18th and 19th centuries, reflecting architectural and functional changes over centuries.

The chapel Saint-Jacques and Saint-Jean, founded on 28 March 1689, was an integral part of the estate. It is mentioned on a plan of 1837 but disappeared between that date and 1878, according to historical works. The mansion also includes agricultural parts dated from the third quarter of the eighteenth century, with a marked door of the year 1766. The facades, roofs, and two wells were listed as historical monuments by order of 24 April 1989.

The site preserves many ancient graffiti, testimonies of past occupants or visitors. The agricultural and communal parts, as well as the protected elements, illustrate the historic and heritage significance of this mansion. Today, there remains a significant example of Angelian manorial architecture, mixing traces of the Renaissance with later additions.

The manor house is referenced in heritage bases like Mérimée, and its Insee code (49373) clearly links it to the town of Tigné, in the agglomeration of Angers. Its history reflects the social and economic transformations of Anjou, between agricultural holding, seigneurial residence, and place of worship now gone.

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