Manoir du Clap, 16th century manor house in La Cerlangue, France

Manoir du Clap is a 16th century manor house in La Cerlangue that combines architectural elements from multiple periods. Extensions added during the 18th and 19th centuries gradually modified and expanded the original structure.

The structure was built around 1598 during the reign of Henry IV, following a reconstruction period after the Hundred Years War. Its construction marked a return to stability in the region.

The manor displays original moldings in Louis XV, Louis XVI, and Directoire styles that the Yon family added in 1740. These decorative elements shape the interior today and reflect the taste of wealthy residents from the 18th century.

The manor stands on the D 39 road at the entrance to the hamlet of Le Clap, linking Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc and Tancarville, on the edge of the Boucles de la Seine Normande regional park. Its three-hectare grounds hold a lawn, a pond at the far end and rows of Virginia tulip trees, Himalayan and Atlas cedars and blue spruces. An avenue of emerald thujas closes the esplanade, with walks behind them in the wooded section.

In 1935 Arthur Honegger read his oratorio Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher aloud at the manor before the Gosselin family, who then owned it. The central hall also keeps the head of a solitary boar of unusual size, hunted in January 1933 by the manor's residents and the owner of the château de Tancarville.