Ancienne grange dîmière

English translation

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History

Local history attributes the construction of this building to the Templars and makes it a tithe barn. The proximity of the commandery of Saint-Jean de Condat could support this belief. The double arches and rib arches of the ground floor vaults are of archaic workmanship and appear to date from the late 12th or early 13th century. This barn underwent restoration in the 15th century and served as stables for the castle. The rectangular building consists of a ground floor, a first floor and a roof space. Originally, it probably had a return wing to the south-west. A large cart door opens to the north onto the ground floor, beneath a porch which gives access, to the right, to a saddle room or grain store; to the left, to a staircase turret. Double arches and rib arches were partly remade in the 15th century. The first floor now forms only a single room but allows one to guess that it was divided in two originally. During the 15th-century remodelling, a series of four windows with horizontal mullions was pierced on the west.