In the early 1930s, the Monds had an architect-designed house built in the town of Ker Goz in Saint-Efflam. It is said that Lord Robert Mond, an internationally renowned British chemist nicknamed ‘the Nickel King’, gave the villa to his wife, Lady Mond, for her 60th birthday. History does not say whether Lady Mond, who often returned to her estate at Coat-an-Noz in Belle-Isle-en-Terre, ever occupied the Plestinian manor house.
Marie-Louise Le Manac'h, known as Maï Manac'h, better known as Lady Mond, was born on 5 February 1869 in Belle-Isle-en-Terre in the Côtes-du-Nord region. She died on 21 November 1949 in her home town. As a result of her marriage to Sir Robert Mond, she was one of the wealthiest and most prominent women of her time, and an active patron of the arts.
The building is based on the re-use of Breton Gothic religious architecture from the late 15th and early 16th centuries. It is the result of the assembly of very distinct volumes and adopts the programme of seaside architecture. It is built facing the sea on a plan with two angled sections and includes a square Beaumanoir-style tower in the rear right-hand corner, used as a belvedere. The slightly projecting building on the left has a pavilion roof and a corbelled turret on the front left corner.
Marie-Louise Le Manac'h, known as Maï Manac'h, better known as Lady Mond, was born on 5 February 1869 in Belle-Isle-en-Terre in the Côtes-du-Nord region. She died on 21 November 1949 in her home town. As a result of her marriage to Sir Robert Mond, she was one of the wealthiest and most prominent women of her time, and an active patron of the arts.
The building is based on the re-use of Breton Gothic religious architecture from the late 15th and early 16th centuries. It is the result of the assembly of very distinct volumes and adopts the programme of seaside architecture. It is built facing the sea on a plan with two angled sections and includes a square Beaumanoir-style tower in the rear right-hand corner, used as a belvedere. The slightly projecting building on the left has a pavilion roof and a corbelled turret on the front left corner.
