Châteaux, Plomelin
Château de Keraval
Château de Keraval (Plomelin)
- Town
- Plomelin
- Type
- Châteaux
- Period
- 16th–19th century
- Protection
- Not listed
- Architect, author
- Roussin Victor(commanditaire) ; Bigot Joseph(architecte)
- Legal status (survey)
- Private property
- Materials
- granite, maçonnerie, pierre de taille, ardoise
- Shore
- 0.1 km
In brief
Château de Keraval is a 16th–19th century château in Plomelin, southern Finistère. Materials recorded: granite, maçonnerie, pierre de taille, ardoise. The estate includes jardin, belvédère. Private property. 0.1 km from the shore as the crow flies, 4.0 km from Quimper railway station and 3.7 km from Quimper-Cornouaille airport. Surveyed by the Brittany regional heritage inventory (Inventaire des châteaux du 19e siècle en Bretagne, 2003).
History
Official heritage record, in French:
Ancien manoir construit au 16e siècle par Guillaume Moreau puis transformé au 17e siècle. En 1842, Victor Roussin, qui en est propriétaire, sollicite Joseph Bigot pour la construction de dépendances agricoles (écurie, remise, étable, poulailler). En 1861, l'architecte quimperois agrandit le logis par la construction d'une tour néogothique à l'emplacement de l'ancienne chapelle et d'une serre.
Text of the Brittany regional heritage survey (Région Bretagne), record IA29002786, survey 2003, written 2003, reproduced unchanged; consulted on patrimoine.bzh on 3 November 2026.
Timeline
Dates from the official record and the sources cited, in order (in French).
- 1842En 1842, Victor Roussin, qui en est propriétaire, sollicite Joseph Bigot pour la construction de dépendances agricoles (écurie, remise, étable, poulailler).
- 1861En 1861, l'architecte quimperois agrandit le logis par la construction d'une tour néogothique à l'emplacement de l'ancienne chapelle et d'une serre.
Architecture
Architectural description from the regional heritage survey, in French:
Corps de logis ancien de plan allongé encadré d'un pavillon polygonal à deux étages carrés sur rez-de-chaussée et combles recevant une ornementation de style néogothique et pittoresque, et, à l'autre extrémité de deux annexes crenelées et couvertes en terrasse. Intérieur : lambris de style néoclassique.
Text of the Brittany regional heritage survey (Région Bretagne), record IA29002786, survey 2003, written 2003, reproduced unchanged; consulted on patrimoine.bzh on 3 November 2026.
The estate
As recorded by the regional heritage survey.
- Designation
- château
- Component parts
- jardin, belvédère
- Typology
- agrandissement ; restauration. Néogothique
- Detailed dating
- 16e siècle ; 17e siècle ; 3e quart 19e siècle
From the air
The same place, same framing: aerial photographs from the 1950s and today, centred on the footprint recorded by the heritage survey or on the record’s location.
The site through old maps
Three centuries of mapping, same centre: the red marker shows the location given by the record. Old place names, roads and woodland can be read on the Cassini and staff maps.
Further reading
References and official records.
- Dossier d’Inventaire IA29002786, Région Bretagne
- Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère. Collection : Le patrimoine des communes de France. Paris : Flohic éditions 1998, 2 tomes, p. 1275
- RANNOU, Nolwenn. L'exercice de l'architecture et de la restauration en France au XIXe siècle : la carrière de Joseph Bigot (1807-1894), architecte finistérien. Université Rennes 2-Haute-Bretagne, thèse sous la direction de Jean-Yves ANDRIEUX, 2004.
- t. IV, p. 431-433
- Manoir de Kéraval Rivière de Quimper, Collection Villard, Quimper. (A.D. Ille-et-Vilaine. Série 6 Fi ; 6 Fi Plomelin).
- Manoir de Kéraval Rivière de Quimper, Collection Villard, Quimper. (A.D. Ille-et-Vilaine. Série 6 Fi ; 6 Fi Plomelin).
- 3640. Rivière de QUIMPER - La Baie de Kerogon - Vue du Château de Keraval. Collection Villard, Quimper (A.D. 35 ; 6 Fi PLOMELIN).
Around the house
House sales 2021–2025 within a radius of the record’s location (DGFiP land registry, single houses with known floor area). These figures describe the neighbourhood, never the house itself.
| Sales | Median price | Median €/m² | Median size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Within 1 km | 75 | €243,000 | €2,338 | 110 m² |
| Within 3 km | 661 | €200,000 | €2,174 | 95 m² |
The local market
Aggregated town figures. Ti Kaer never links a named house to a sale price.
Other dossiers in Plomelin
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Questions
Can Château de Keraval be visited?
No: it is a private property and cannot be visited, except for occasional openings announced by the owners.
How old is Château de Keraval?
The oldest recorded parts date from the 16th–19th century.
Is Château de Keraval a listed building?
No. It is neither listed nor classified as a historic monument according to the databases consulted; it appears in the regional heritage inventory, which carries no constraint.
How far is Château de Keraval from the sea?
0.1 km from the shore as the crow flies. Quimper station is 4.0 km away and Quimper-Cornouaille airport 3.7 km.
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Join the buyers’ listSources: regional heritage survey; Brittany regional heritage survey, Région Bretagne, record IA29002786 (patrimoine.bzh), open licence for the data, texts reproduced unchanged; distances computed from IGN municipal boundaries (Admin Express, open licence). Photographs: Wikimedia Commons, under the licence stated in each caption. Aerial views: IGN, open licence. Market: DGFiP land registry data, aggregated. Old maps and land registry: IGN, BnF, DGFiP, open licence. Additional facts: websites cited, consulted on 3 November 2026. No data on current owners.