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The Champ-Versan mansion, located in Bonnebosq in Calvados, is a 16th and 17th century residence typical of Louis XIII architecture. Built in wooden panels according to a quadrangular plan, it embodies the style of the seigneurial houses of this time in Normandy. The estate, which was listed as a historical monument in 2003, also includes a protected washhouse, which bears witness to its past agricultural and residential use.

Originally, the mansion belonged to the Camp-Bénard family, with Regnault de Hesbert as the first known owner. In the 18th century he passed to the Bazin de Sainte-Honorine, including Jacques-Pierre Bazin, king's adviser, and Jean-Baptiste Bazin, former seal keeper in the Rouen Parliament, were buried there in 1786. Nationalized under the Revolution as a demigrated property, the estate is linked to Louis-Philippe d'Harambure, who died in 1793 in the army of the prince of Condé.

In 1852, the estate extended over 80 hectares, including agricultural buildings (presshouse, stables, barns) and cultivated land (Grands-Champs-Versants, Petits-Champs-Versants). This description reveals its central role in the local seigneurial and agricultural holding. The house, the heart of the mansion, and its washhouse remain the only elements protected today, symbols of its architectural and historical heritage.

The transmission of the mansion reflects Norman family alliances: from Camp-Bénard to Bazin, and then to Harambure by marriage. These families, often linked to the nobility of dress or military, illustrate the local anchoring of elites under the Old Regime. Revolutionary nationalization marks a turning point, before it returned to the private giron in the 19th century.

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