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The Hanouard Manor House is a 16th and 17th century building located in the municipality of Hanouard, Seine-Maritime, Normandy. The fief, attested since the 12th century, is part of a fortified complex of which several architectural elements remain. The main house, rectangular and built in bricks at the end of the 15th century, features an entrance door framed by a limestone pediment carried by two pilasters. Its posterior façade preserves sills and a hexagonal turret, vestige of an ancient staircase. Two angle turrets, formerly on the façade, were demolished around 1850.

In the 17th century, the south-east facade of the house was changed: the bays were pierced and the entrance door decorated with a pediment on pilasters. The estate also includes an octagonal dovecote of the 15th century, made of brick and sandstone, decorated with geometric limestone motifs. This dovecote, classified as a historical monument in 2008, bears witness to the seigneurial importance of the site. A long brick building, dating from the 16th century and rebuilt in the 19th century, served as a stable and barn, completing the whole.

The architecture of the mansion thus combines defensive elements (towers, flint bases) and residential elements (logis, dovecote), reflecting its evolution between the Middle Ages and the modern era. The materials used – brick, limestone, sandstone – and the successive modifications illustrate the site's adaptations to the needs of its occupants, from its feudal origin to the contemporary era.

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