Manoir de Courboyer, Manor house in Nocé, France.
Manoir de Courboyer is a tall rectangular stone dwelling of the 15th and 16th centuries, its mottled grey and tan facade pierced by rectangular windows with dark grilles. Each corner carries a round turret on quadruple-stepped corbels under a conical roof, and a polygonal stair turret with a pepper-pot roof and a small lookout sits on the main facade. A large round defensive tower stands at the rear.
The fief of Courboyer, held from the châtellenie of Bellême, is documented from 1364. The present manor was built in the 15th and 16th centuries, and around 1500 it passed to Jean de Ruberté; Pierre de Fontenay owned it at the very end of the 16th century. Its facades, roofs and four interior fireplaces were classified as monuments historiques on 10 April 1981.
Since 2000 the manor has housed the Maison du parc naturel régional du Perche, inaugurated on 11 July 2005 by ecology minister Nelly Olin. The building serves as the park's headquarters and information point, and the site is also a working farm where the local Percheron horse breed can be seen.
The manor stands 2 km north-northwest of the Saint-Martin church in Nocé, within the Perche en Nocé commune. Since 2000 it has housed the Maison du parc naturel régional du Perche, inaugurated on 11 July 2005 by minister Nelly Olin. Visitors reach it by road; the grounds and the park house are the parts open to the public.
The interior chimneys and the manor's facades received special legal protection in 1981. This designation highlights the importance of these specific architectural elements to the region's heritage.
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