Châteaux, Douarnenez

Château dit Manoir de Kerlouarnec

Château dit Manoir de Kerlouarnec, Ploaré (Douarnenez)

Town: Douarnenez
Type: Châteaux
Period: 19th century
Protection: Not listed
Architect, author: Bühler (paysagiste) ; Bigot Joseph(architecte)
Legal status (survey): Private property
Materials: granite, schiste, moellon, pierre de taille, ardoise
Shore: 0.6 km

In brief

Château dit Manoir de Kerlouarnec is a 19th century château in Douarnenez, southern Finistère. Materials recorded: granite, schiste, moellon, pierre de taille, ardoise. The estate includes logement, édifice agricole, parc, serre, jardin potager. Private property. 0.6 km from the shore as the crow flies, 18.9 km from Quimper railway station and 16.0 km from Quimper-Cornouaille airport. Surveyed by the Brittany regional heritage inventory (Inventaire des châteaux du 19e siècle en Bretagne, 1980,).

History

Official heritage record, in French:

Château construit vers 1856 par l'architecte quimperois Joseph Bigot pour M. Halma du Fretay, maire de Ploaré, qui avait acquis la propriété après 1826. L'ancien manoir est transformé en communs. Le parc paysager est attribué aux frères Bülher.

Text of the Brittany regional heritage survey (Région Bretagne), record IA00005833, survey 1980, written 1980,, reproduced unchanged; consulted on patrimoine.bzh on 3 November 2026.

Timeline

Dates from the official record and the sources cited, in order (in French).

1820René Laennec passe ses dernières années à Kerlouarnec à partir de 1820 et est inhumé au cimetière de Ploaré. (Wikipédia)
1826Halma du Fretay, maire de Ploaré, qui avait acquis la propriété après 1826.
1856Château construit vers 1856 par l'architecte quimperois Joseph Bigot pour M.

The estate

As recorded by the regional heritage survey.

Designation: manoir, château
Component parts: logement, édifice agricole, parc, serre, jardin potager
Typology: ex-nihilo (site ancien). Néo-XVIIIe
Detailed dating: 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.

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

Current aerial view: Château dit Manoir de Kerlouarnec — 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 dit Manoir de Kerlouarnec — **Cassini map, c. 1780**. BnF / IGN, open licence.

Staff map, 1820–1866 : Château dit Manoir de Kerlouarnec — **Staff map, 1820–1866**. IGN, open licence.

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

Land registry parcels over current aerial view : Château dit Manoir de Kerlouarnec — **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	119	€195,000	€2,195	85 m²
Within 3 km	660	€193,205	€2,060	95 m²

The local market

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

All sales in Douarnenez

€196,500median house price in Douarnenez

810house sales, 2021–2025

18sales at €500,000+

The sea-view premium in Douarnenez

Median price per m² of houses sold by distance to the shore, 2021-2025, all houses.

All coastal towns and the method

€2,383per m² within 300 m of the shore

€2,057per m² beyond 300 m

+16%coastal premium

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Questions

Can Château dit Manoir de Kerlouarnec be visited?

No: it is a private property and cannot be visited, except for occasional openings announced by the owners.

How old is Château dit Manoir de Kerlouarnec?

The oldest recorded parts date from the 19th century.

Is Château dit Manoir de Kerlouarnec 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 dit Manoir de Kerlouarnec from the sea?

0.6 km from the shore as the crow flies. Quimper station is 18.9 km away and Quimper-Cornouaille airport 16.0 km.

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Sources: regional heritage survey; Brittany regional heritage survey, Région Bretagne, record IA00005833 (patrimoine.bzh), open licence for the data, texts reproduced unchanged; Wikidata Q124337121; 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.