The Manoir de l'Aumônerie hosts study days, seminars, executive committee meetings, general assemblies and private gatherings for up to 50 people indoors and up to 80 outdoors. The meeting room is the Pressoir, a restored cider-press building on the estate. The manor stands at 54 chemin de Saint-Gorgon in Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville, a village about 9 km from Rouen, between the Seine and the Roumare forest in Normandy.
Seminars and company events
The Pressoir is the room for a working day. It seats up to 50 people theater or conference style and up to 30 in a U-shape or classroom layout. Fiber wifi, a video projector and a flip chart are provided. The day package covers a welcome coffee, a morning break, lunch and an afternoon break, so a team can arrive, work and leave without organizing anything on the side. A seminar brochure can be downloaded from the manor's site. The Pressoir is not accessible to people with reduced mobility, which matters when planning a group.
The owners list study days, working days, executive committee meetings and general assemblies as the main formats. The same building also hosts exhibitions.
Weddings and receptions
The manor does not host weddings, evening parties, or bachelor and bachelorette parties. It does accept family gatherings and company receptions during the day. For these, the Pressoir and the gardens can be hired together, with banquet tables in the garden for up to 80 guests. The gardens and some rooms can also be hired for photo shoots, including wedding photos, and for film shoots.
Rooms and capacities
The Pressoir holds 50 people theater style and 30 in a U-shape or classroom. The garden takes up to 80 guests seated at banquet tables. The upper floor of the Pressoir burned in August 2017; restoration started in September 2020 and was completed in June 2022 by Norman craftsmen.
Accommodation
Three self-contained lodgings occupy former farm buildings. The Gîte de la Crèmerie sleeps four in two bedrooms and has a full kitchen. The Suite de la Longère, in a 16th-century half-timbered barn, sleeps three. The Chambrette du Four à Pain is a 16 square meter room for two in the old bread oven. The lodgings were rated four-star furnished tourist accommodation in 2020. Breakfast is not served; a bakery is in the village.
Catering
Lunch and breaks are part of the study-day package. The manor does not describe a restaurant on site.
History and setting
The manor is a privately owned, inhabited historic monument. Its land was given in the mid-12th century to the monks of the Abbey of Saint-Georges de Boscherville. A long-held tradition credits the Knights Templar with building the stone house around 1214; the owners are still researching that question. From the 15th century the abbey used it as its almonry. The main house has two 15-meter gables, 13th-century mullioned windows and a Romanesque cellar. A 16th-century chapel dedicated to Saint Gorgon, a deep stone well and a medieval-style garden complete the site. Erwan and Sophie-Isabelle de Saint-Seine have lived here since 2018 and lead the restoration, supported by the Fondation du Patrimoine, the Stéphane Bern heritage mission and the regional heritage office.
Getting there
The manor is about 9 km from Rouen, so a group arriving by train can be driven from the city in a short transfer. Guided tours run all year by booking, and the site opens to the public from July 1 to August 15.
