Châteaux, Clohars-Fouesnant
Château de Kergos
Château de Kergos (Clohars-Fouesnant)
- Town
- Clohars-Fouesnant
- Type
- Châteaux
- Period
- 16th–19th century
- Protection
- Not listed
- Ownership
- Private property
- Materials
- granite, pierre de taille, ardoise
- Shore
- 0.4 km
In brief
Château de Kergos is a 16th–19th century château in Clohars-Fouesnant, southern Finistère. Materials recorded: granite, pierre de taille, ardoise. The estate includes mur de clôture, chapelle, cour, communs. Private property. 0.4 km from the shore as the crow flies, 11.8 km from Quimper railway station and 10.3 km from Quimper-Cornouaille airport. Surveyed by the Brittany regional heritage inventory (Inventaire des châteaux du 19e siècle en Bretagne, 2004).
History
Official heritage record, in French:
Restauration et agrandissement 19e d'un manoir du 16e siècle. Réaménagement intérieur.
Text of the Brittany regional heritage survey (Région Bretagne), record IA29002897, survey 2004, written 2004, reproduced unchanged; consulted on patrimoine.bzh on 3 November 2026.
Architecture
Architectural description from the regional heritage survey, in French:
Ensemble de bâtiments disposés autour d'une cour fermée par une clôture ; le corps de logis est encadré de deux ailes de dépendances en retour d'équerre. De plan allongé, il présente une élévation à 5 travées et un avant-corps saillant de forme polygonale, surélévé d'un étage et couvert en pavillon. Lucarnes surmontées de frontons semi-circulaires. Appareil de pierre de taille de granite.
Text of the Brittany regional heritage survey (Région Bretagne), record IA29002897, survey 2004, written 2004, reproduced unchanged; consulted on patrimoine.bzh on 3 November 2026.
The estate
As recorded by the regional heritage survey.
- Designation
- château
- Component parts
- mur de clôture, chapelle, cour, communs
- Typology
- restauration. Néo-Renaissance
- Detailed dating
- 16e siècle ; 2e moitié 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.
Further reading
References and official records.
« Le château de Kergos est un château situé sur la commune de Clohars-Fouesnant dans le département du Finistère, à proximité de l'Odet, un kilomètre au nord de Bénodet. »
Wikipédia, excerpt under CC BY-SA 4.0- Dossier d’Inventaire IA29002897, Région Bretagne
- Wikipedia article (French)
- Wikidata Q2969471
- Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère. Collection : Le patrimoine des communes de France. Paris : Flohic éditions 1998, 2 tomes, p. 465
- 3985 Le Kergos RIVIERE DE QUIMPER. Villard, Quimper. (A.D. 35 ; 6 Fi CLOHARS-FOUESNANT 11).
- 9. - BENODET. - Manoir du Kergos Vue intérieure de la Cour d'honneur - Aile gauche. (A.D. 35 ; 6 Fi CLOHARS-FOUESNANT 16).
- 1. - BENODET. - Manoir du Kergos - Vue du Parc. (A.D. 35 ; 6 Fi CLOHARS-FOUESNANT 20).
- 6. - BENODET. - Manoir du Kergos - L'Escalier d'honneur. (A.D. 35 ; 6 Fi CLOHARS-FOUESNANT 14).
- 7. - BENODET. - Manoir du Kergos - La Salle à Manger - Tapisseries d'après les cartons de Leprince. (A.D. 35 ; 6 Fi CLOHARS-FOUESNANT 13).
The local market
Aggregated town figures. Ti Kaer never links a named house to a sale price.
Other dossiers in Clohars-Fouesnant
All dossiers
Questions
Can Château de Kergos 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 Kergos?
The oldest recorded parts date from the 16th–19th century.
Is Château de Kergos 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 Kergos from the sea?
0.4 km from the shore as the crow flies. Quimper station is 11.8 km away and Quimper-Cornouaille airport 10.3 km.
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Join the buyers’ listSources: regional heritage survey; Brittany regional heritage survey, Région Bretagne, record IA29002897 (patrimoine.bzh), open licence for the data, texts reproduced unchanged; Wikidata Q2969471; 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. No data on owners.