Our Blog - Bretagne Trip - Summer 2021 - Chateau Plessis, France

Chateau Plessis was an interesting visit, as it is a private manor that is open to the public. They have quite a bit of information and while we couldn't go inside, the outside was still quite nice. The website does indicate that it is open during the Journées du Patrimoine week-end in September, so maybe one year we will have to move our vacation out a couple weeks and try to catch a few special historical places that are only open during that weekend. As we drove up and parked outside of the walls, we weren't actually sure that it was open. But sure enough, the door was unlocked and we could walk around inside the walls.

Inside the walls, you have the main manor house, which was built in 1330 by Sylvestre Josso, squire of the Duke Jean III. The two wings were added in the 14th and 15th centuries, which included stables and various storage rooms. In the 16th century, it passed to the Rosmadec family, who enlarged the buildings, and reinforced the house security with ramparts and defensive towers. At the end of the 18th century, it became the property of Le Mintier de Léhelec family, who still live there.

One of the rooms the furthest from the house is the "chauffoir" (which means heater, I think), which has this huge fireplace that we could still see.

These are just a few pictures attempting to get some detail at the top of the buildings.