Châteaux, Quimper

Château de Kerrien

Château de Kerrien, ou de Ker'yen (Quimper)

Town: Quimper
Type: Châteaux
Period: 19th century
Protection: Not listed
Materials: pierre, maçonnerie, ardoise
Shore: 2.6 km

In brief

Château de Kerrien is a 19th century château in Quimper, southern Finistère. Materials recorded: pierre, maçonnerie, ardoise. The estate includes jardin. 2.6 km from the shore as the crow flies, 4.0 km from Quimper railway station and 2.9 km from Quimper-Cornouaille airport. Surveyed by the Brittany regional heritage inventory (Inventaire des châteaux du 19e siècle en Bretagne ; Inventaire des châteaux maisons de maître et maisons d'architecte de Quimper, 2004,).

History

Official heritage record, in French:

Edifice hétérogène pouvant avoir été construit dans la 1ère moitié du 19e siècle et agrandi par l'adjonction de pavillons latéraux et vraisemblablement le doublement du corps de logis. Il appartient à M. le comte J. d'Amphernet au début du 20e siècle.

Text of the Brittany regional heritage survey (Région Bretagne), record IA29002804, survey 2004, written 2004,, reproduced unchanged; consulted on patrimoine.bzh on 3 November 2026.

Architecture

Architectural description from the regional heritage survey, in French:

Corps de logis principal à élévation ordonnancée et régulière, encadré de deux ailes en rez-de-chaussée formant retour d'équerre sur chaque façade. La façade arrière présente une adjonction accolée au corps principal ; les toitures, disposées perpendiculairement à l'axe longitudinal de l'édifice, forment deux légers pignons en façade ; un bow-window polygonal supporté par des piles occupe le centre de ce dispositif.

Text of the Brittany regional heritage survey (Région Bretagne), record IA29002804, 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: jardin
Typology: agrandissement. Autre
Detailed dating: 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.

Aerial view, 1950s: Château de Kerrien — IGN, aerial photographs 1950–1965, open licence

Current aerial view: Château de Kerrien — IGN, BD ORTHO, open licence

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.

Cassini map, c. 1780 : Château de Kerrien — **Cassini map, c. 1780**. BnF / IGN, open licence.

Staff map, 1820–1866 : Château de Kerrien — **Staff map, 1820–1866**. IGN, open licence.

1:50,000 map, c. 1950 : Château de Kerrien — **1:50,000 map, c. 1950**. IGN, historic SCAN 50, open licence.

Land registry parcels over current aerial view : Château de Kerrien — **Land registry parcels over current aerial view**. IGN / DGFiP, Parcellaire Express and BD ORTHO, open licence.

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	62	€200,000	€2,120	94 m²
Within 3 km	949	€202,500	€2,222	93 m²

The local market

Aggregated town figures. Ti Kaer never links a named house to a sale price.

All sales in Quimper

€207,850median house price in Quimper

2,797house sales, 2021–2025

104sales at €500,000+

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Questions

Can Château de Kerrien be visited?

Its recorded status is not that of a private property; check with the town or the institution that occupies it before travelling.

How old is Château de Kerrien?

The oldest recorded parts date from the 19th century.

Is Château de Kerrien 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 Kerrien from the sea?

2.6 km from the shore as the crow flies. Quimper station is 4.0 km away and Quimper-Cornouaille airport 2.9 km.

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Sources: regional heritage survey; Brittany regional heritage survey, Région Bretagne, record IA29002804 (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.