The original manor was built by the son of a Duke of Brittany, named Étienne, Count of Penthièvre, and seigneur of Nizon, who died in 1137.[1]

The current structure was built by Jean du Faou. According to some historians, it was a former hunting lodge of the Dukes of Brittany, in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its position at the entrance of a large wood that covers the entire parish of Nizon, and which abounds in game, makes this plausible.

During the French Revolution, more than half of the manor house was burned and destroyed.