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Manoir de Prades

Lafox, Lot-et-Garonne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le manoir (cad. B 33) : inscription par arrêté du 5 mars 1959
Protection dates
1959/03/05 : inscrit MH
Type
manoir
Main period of construction
16e siècle, 18e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Lafox
Département
Lot-et-Garonne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.16798, 0.70846
Mérimée reference
PA00084141

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1778 map "73 Agen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le château existait en 1528. Avec ses dépendances, le manoir forme un quadrilatère. Le corps de logis principal, celui du 16e siècle, en occupe toute la face occidentale. Il est terminé, à ses angles, par quatre tourelles rondes, deux de plain-pied, deux en encorbellement. Une tourelle hexagonale adossée à la face orientale, sert de cage d'escalier. Le manoir est précédé, à l'est, d'une cour refaite aux 17e et 18e siècles, mais qui existait dès les débuts. Elle était entourée d'un mur crénelé, percé de meurtrières. Le parapet devait être muni d'un chemin de ronde qui communiquait avec le bâtiment principal. La porte d'entrée devait être encadrée par deux pilastres cannelés à chapiteaux doriques et surmontée d'un entablement avec corniche à denticules.

English translation

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The château existed in 1528. With its dependencies, the manor forms a quadrilateral. The main dwelling, that of the 16th century, occupies the entire west face. It is terminated, at its angles, by four round turrets, two at ground level, two corbelled. A hexagonal turret attached to the east face serves as a staircase cage. The manor is preceded, to the east, by a courtyard rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries, but which existed from the beginning. It was surrounded by a crenellated wall, pierced with loopholes. The parapet was to be equipped with a wall-walk which communicated with the main building. The entrance gateway was to be framed by two fluted pilasters with Doric capitals and surmounted by an entablature with dentil cornice.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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