Manoir de Kerenneur, Manor house in Plourin, Finistère, France

Manoir de Kerenneur is a Breton manor in Plourin, Finistère, built from about 1400 for Hamon de Kergadiou. Its south facade has two phases: a left section of 1400-1450 and a right section of 1540-1550 with two dormer windows. The photograph shows grey rubble walls, an arched gateway with a weathered wooden door, a row of stone corbels under a flat parapet, and a taller wing with a steep slate roof, a triangular turret and two chimneys.

Hamon de Kergadiou began building the manor around 1400, after the Breton War of Succession, as a fortified residence. The oldest section, the left part of the south facade, dates from 1400 to 1450. The right part of the south facade, with two dormer windows, was added between 1540 and 1550 for the marriage of Marie de Kergadiou and François de Kersauson. The manor was listed as a monument historique in 1977.

The name Kerenneur comes from the Kergadiou family, who built the manor around 1400; Marie de Kergadiou married François de Kersauson there in the 1540s. Their two coats of arms are carved above the door and the fireplace of the great hall. The chapel where the wedding took place was destroyed in the 17th century, and the dovecote in the 20th.

The manor is private and opens to the public only on heritage days and at concerts held in summer. The paved courtyard of the 15th century and the wooded gardens serve as reception areas, with a covered cocktail space facing the main facade. The north side keeps a ditch that was once filled with water.

The manor's defensive role left a moat on the north facade side, once filled with water; from the entrance's thick wall the sea and surroundings could be watched. The courtyard's paving was laid unevenly on purpose, so rainwater drains away. The Saint-Antoine chapel, where Marie de Kergadiou married François de Kersauson, was destroyed in the 17th century.