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Trimer Manor House is a civil building located in the village of Trimer, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany. Built in 1640, it was commissioned by Ian Robiou de la Claye, as evidenced by a historical parchment. This modest mansion, typical of the Breton architecture of the seventeenth century, combines local materials: a stone base and a balge structure (terrestrial), a traditional technique of the region.

The L-shaped manor house includes a house with a circular staircase tower at the back. Originally home of a notable, it was transformed into a farm in the 19th and 20th centuries. Since the 1990s, an ambitious restoration has resulted in the restoration of interior and exterior decorative elements, such as a carved skylight or pan-wood chimneys, while preserving original provisions.

The current house, rebuilt in the late 16th or early 17th century by Ian Robiou de la Clays (Greffier of Tinténiac), houses a well-preserved painted decor on the mantle of the fireplace of the main hall. A missing inscription, recorded in 1902 on a lintel, confirmed his fatherhood: "This house was made up by Noble home Ian Robiou de la Clays". The manor house, registered as a historic monument in 2012, protects its facades, roofs, and a decorated fireplace.

Accelerated to the home, a stone farmhouse, probably older, today forms a separate property. The site, close to the parish church, illustrates the evolution of a seigneurial farm residence, before its recent rehabilitation. The excavations revealed traces of an ancient dovecote, testifying to his past status.

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