A manor house for sale in Morbihan can be found as readily around the gulf, between Vannes, Sarzeau and Auray, as inland, towards Ploërmel, Josselin and Pontivy, in granite residences combining a stair tower, an enclosed courtyard and farm outbuildings that stayed in use until recently. The Lorient area and the more wooded centre of Morbihan complete a varied stock, from the restored house to the working manor-farm still awaiting full renovation. Browse the manor houses for sale listed by the department's private owners, agencies and notaries.
This page brings together real price benchmarks for large residences in Morbihan, the areas where manor houses are most numerous, what sets the local building style apart and the checks specific to a residence near the gulf or further inland. To approach the purchase of a character property as a whole, read our guide to buying prestige property in France.
DVF land registry data does not identify manor houses as such: the benchmarks below cover sales of houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha, above €1,000/m², tracked by our observatory. They frame the market for large residences without describing it entirely: an estate with 30 ha of parkland or a listed monument sold with its farmland falls outside this scope.
In Morbihan, 94 sales were recorded from 2021 to 2025, with a median price of €819,300*, a floor/ceiling range (P10–P90) of €446,600 to €1,450,000 and a median of €2,378/m² of living space, for an average of 343 m² of living space and 11,283 m² of land. Across the Brittany region, the 2025 median stands at €987,500* (44 sales), against €822,000 in France in 2025 (981 sales).
| Scope | Sales | Median price | Floor – ceiling (P10–P90) | €/m² living space (median) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morbihan (2021-2025) | 94 | €819,300* | €446,600 – €1,450,000 | 2,378 |
| Brittany (2025) | 44 | €987,500* | €469,100 – €2,273,100 | 2,607 |
| France (2025) | 981 | €822,000 | €428,000 – €3,100,000 | 2,308 |
The breakdown by stratum (coastal, rural tourist, ordinary rural) and the five-year trend are in our observatory of prestige property prices in France (in French). Before making an offer, work out purchase costs and borrowing capacity with our financial tools and calculators.
Source: DVF (DGFiP), transactions from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025, processed by ma-propriete.fr; prices rounded to the nearest €100. * Fewer than 100 sales: read as an indication only.
Around the gulf and along the coast, the Morbihan manor is built in grey granite, with dressed window surrounds and steeply pitched slate roofs suited to sea spray and westerly winds. The layout often pairs a rectangular main house with a polygonal stair tower, pedimented dormers and a courtyard enclosed by a boundary wall with a carriage gateway. In the centre of the department, towards Pontivy and Rohan, the building style resembles that of the Vannes area but with generally more modest volumes. Pyramidal-hood fireplaces and round-arched doorways with exposed voussoirs remain reliable markers for dating a house without archive records.
Outbuildings bring together stone barns, a dovecote, a bread oven and a well, sometimes a mill on a stream or an ornamental pond near the edge of the Brocéliande forest. Many estates kept a farming role until the twentieth century, which explains roofs or floors needing renewal but well-preserved original structures; restorations favour lime renders and oak joinery. Some houses still keep a cider press under a lean-to roof, a sign of the subsistence mixed farming long paired with livestock on this land.
The Gulf of Morbihan, between Vannes, Sarzeau and Arradon, holds much sought-after residences close to the sea, as does the Auray area and the Quiberon peninsula. The Lorient area offers a stock more mixed with urban and industrial fabric. Inland, Ploërmel, Josselin and the surroundings of Pontivy and Rohan offer more secluded houses, within a landscape of bocage and woodland near the Brocéliande massif. These inland areas remain markedly less sought after than the coast, despite often comparable buildings. The Rhuys peninsula, south of the gulf, and Île aux Moines form a special case, with land pressure well above the rest of the department.
Vannes, Lorient and Auray each have a station served by TGV to Paris, which makes trips easier for a second home near the gulf; Lorient airport adds to the connections. The most expensive areas remain the Gulf of Morbihan and the Quiberon peninsula, while the centre of the department, around Pontivy and Rohan, offers comparable sizes on markedly more affordable terms.
Check the exact heritage status of the house, since part of Morbihan's manor stock is registered as a historic monument or recorded in the regional inventory, which makes exterior works subject to the approval of the Architecte des Bâtiments de France. In gulf and coastal communes, the Loi Littoral strictly limits extensions and the conversion of outbuildings, while in wetlands, notably near salt marshes or a watercourse, drainage remains regulated.
Have the property checked for dry rot, common in humid Brittany, and ask for a radon survey given the granite bedrock across much of the department. Check the private drainage system, often old in secluded hamlets of central Morbihan, the condition of the roof timbers beneath sometimes century-old slate, and the status, municipal or private, of the rural tracks serving these estates.
Manor house listings in Morbihan are placed by private owners, agencies specialising in character properties and notaries; filter them by price, living space, land and outbuildings, and set an e-mail alert to follow new listings. To compare with Finistère, Côtes-d'Armor or Ille-et-Vilaine, browse the manor houses for sale in Brittany.
