St. Ouen's Manor is the traditional home of the Seigneur of St. Ouen, and the ancestral home of the de Carteret family. The earliest record of the house dates from 1135. The house and grounds remain intact today, and the house is a private home for the De Carteret family. It is occasionally open to the public.
References:The Château du Lude is one of the many great châteaux of the Loire Valley in France. Le Lude is the most northerly château of the Loire Valley and one of the last important historic castles in France, still inhabited by the same family for the last 260 years. The château is testimony to four centuries of French architecture, as a stronghold transformed into an elegant house during the Renaissance and the 18th century. The monument is located in the valley of Le Loir. Its gardens have evolved throughout the centuries.