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The manor house of Vau de Quip, also known as the Vaudequip manor house, is a seigneurial residence located in the commune of Allaire, Morbihan (Britain). Built at the end of the 15th century for Guillaume de Bogier, shield and treasurer of the Duke Peter II of Brittany, it illustrates the ascent of this family in the ducal administration. The site is located north of a 3 hectare pond, formed by the course of Quip, about 3.7 km from the city centre.

The manor house, rebuilt in the 17th century and equipped with a structure rebuilt in the 18th century, belonged to several noble families by marriage, purchase or donation: from Quengo (late 15th century), from Kerverian (1661), from Thomas de la Caunelaye (1681), from Bot du Grego (1768), from Amphernet de Pontbellanger (1787), from Fresne de Virel (1827), from Garnier (early 1900), and from Jouan de Kervénoaël (1976). The Garniers made it a farm in the 20th century.

Ranked a two-stage historical monument (1978 for the house body and its chimneys, 1993 for the chapel, the commons and the walls of the enclosure), the mansion includes a main house with tower, armorized windows, a lower courtyard, a chapel and southern terraces. Its architecture reflects its status as aristocratic residence, linked to the political and social history of ducal Brittany.

The first records of the Vau de Quip and the Bogier dates back to the 15th century, when this family reached the highest offices of the Ducal government. The construction of this large mansion is part of this growing influence, marking the landscape with its enclosure and its artificial pond, typical of Breton seigneurial estates.

Today, the site retains protected elements such as facades, roofs, fireplaces decorated with the honor room and attic, as well as adjacent agricultural and religious structures. These successive inscriptions highlight its heritage value, both architectural and historical.

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