Logis de Moullins, Medieval seigneurial residence in Saint-Rémy-du-Val, France

Logis de Moullins is a seigneurial residence in Saint-Rémy-du-Val, Sarthe, built between the 12th and 16th centuries. Its buildings surround a grassy courtyard: a wing with small-paned windows, a tall round turret with a conical slate roof, and a lower wing, with white banners bearing dark birds hanging from the walls. The site also includes a 14th-century great hall, a chapel dated 1514, and a 16th-century logis with defensive features.

The estate was founded in the 10th century and came under the control of a nearby monastic community, but suffered severe damage during military conflict in the 15th century. The destruction prompted major reconstruction and modification efforts in subsequent decades.

The chapel's altarpiece was carved around 1527 by Guillaume Regnault. During the Revolution the chapel was damaged: bays were walled up, vaults demolished, buttresses dismantled and the altarpiece destroyed. Restoration work later uncovered reused stones, including the vault keystones and large pieces of the altarpiece, enough to envisage its reconstruction.

The site is a private property whose buildings are not open to the public on a regular basis. Visits, when they take place, are organised by the owners, and the chapel restoration is still at the planning stage. Contact the owners before travelling to Saint-Rémy-du-Val.

The great hall's footprint measures 19 metres square, with 14 metres to the roof. Its noble side had five bays, four with mullions and transoms beneath a Flamboyant Gothic window; all were walled up after the 1417 fire and reopened in recent restoration.