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The Priziac mansion, located in the Morbihan, was built between 1579 and 1585 as an audience of justice for the seigneury of the Drors. The date of 1579 is engraved on its street façade, while 1585 appears on a sandstone of the courtroom. His first owner, Messire Jean Pezron, notary and clerk at the service of the Rohan-Guémené and Le Scanff families, held his judicial office there. The initials Mr. J. P. and his full name appear on the architectural elements, attesting to his central role. This manor house, designed in stone, reflects the prestige of its sponsor by details such as the bolts (nids of swallows reserved for the nobility) or the monumental fireplace of the courtroom.

The judicial functions of the mansion were transferred from the beginning of the seventeenth century, transforming it into a simple house. Over the centuries, he changed hands several times: the Aufret family, Jean Le Coz (chapelier), then the Le Bail, Le Fur, and Le Cagnec families after the Revolution. In 1723 Louis de Montlouis and his wife acquired 1,200 pounds, then described as "in very bad condition", with a dilapidated structure and masonry. The town hall of Priziac became its owner in 1991. Ranked a Historic Monument in 1925, the manor house is distinguished by its exterior staircase, its doors in full hanger (including a restored cochère), and a skylight decorated with shells and vases, symbols of wealth.

The interior architecture reveals its past use: the ground floor housed a prison, a stable, and a car passage, while the floor housed the courtroom and its outbuildings (antechamber, archives). The panelled frame, with its carved sandstones and hanging keys, has been restored in its original state. The north facade, sober, contrasts with the monumental east gable, where two rows of bolts and a richly decorated window underline the social status of its occupants. Despite its early decline as a place of justice, the mansion remains a rare testimony of the Breton seigneurial audiences of the Renaissance.

The location of the mansion, at 6 rue du Vieux-Bourg, opposite the bedside of the Saint-Beheau church, reinforces its anchor in local history. Its acquisition by the commune allowed its preservation, highlighting elements such as the dog niche integrated on the stairs or the openings dedicated to feeding horses. These details, combined with the archives mentioning Jean Pezron and the noble families he served, offer a precise insight into the judicial and social life in Brittany at the end of the sixteenth century.

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