In a French real estate advertisement a ‘Manoir’ refers to a home that was or is the dwelling place of a person of noble ascendancy. It may be a large home that has some defensive elements built in.
In the different levels of real estate types in France it lies below the position of a castle.
I do find it interesting that I have seen ‘Manoir’ in France that are called a ‘Chateau’ like the one in the photograph I took above (Château de Flaugergues in Montpellier). When I looked at the design I thought this is not a castle but a manor house or ‘manoir’ in French.
In fact, the term Chateau in French does not mean automatically castle, a chateau can be a medieval fortress or a large country home, according to my experience in France many French châteaux are in fact large country homes and not castles.
Maybe I need to do more on location research.
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