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Initially, the area was a former hunting lodge of the Dukes of Brittany. It was once confined to the families of Arthur de Richemont, Jean Hingant of Tournemine and Rieux.

In the years 1380-1390, during the Hundred Years War, a mansion which remain the foundation was built by William of Saint-André, a diplomat of the Duke Jean IV of Brittany. At his death, the estate returned to Arthur de Richemont, son of the duke, who gave it to family BinTin whose heiress married Jean Hingant, pushy and powerful chamberlain to the Duke of Brittany Jean V, the Wise.

The present castle was built from 1440 to 1448 by Jean Hingant and became the center of an important agricultural area in which he lost the property in 1450 after being too closely involved in the murder of Gilles de Bretagne, strangled in his cell . Then the castle into the heritage of the family Tournemine before being sold in 1686 and again in 1770 to Mr. Reslou of Tisonnaye, became mayor of Dinan, in the French Revolution.

It has been the subject of a study and diagnosis of paintings and furniture in 1997 by the artist restaurateur Alain Plesse.

Open to the public since 1984, the tour includes various rooms housing antique furniture and gothic style with a collection of safe, four-poster beds, tapestries, stained glass, statues and trophies of the hunt.

The visit is completed by a garden of aromatic and medicinal species and flowerbeds Renaissance.

It is subject to a classification as historical monuments since September 1993.