Maison à étage à pans de bois

English translation

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History

Rectangular in plan, this house constitutes an interesting example of a rural Bourbon dwelling from the end of the Gothic period. It comprises a ground floor in stone whose masonry, in the interval of the corner bonding, is irregular, laid in horizontal courses. On the main façade, two chamfered windows are pierced on this ground floor. The timber framing structure of the storey is disposed between an upper plate laid under the roof overhang. On the main façade, these plates are joined vertically, between the corner posts, by three intermediate posts, two of which serve as jambs to a window whose sill presents a vertical brace. The three other vertical panels between the posts joining the plates are themselves divided by a horizontal brace into two square panels, five of which inscribe a saltire. The sixth is divided into five unequal square panels by horizontal and vertical braces. The façade perpendicular to the preceding one presents, on its storey, a structure somewhat different. A single post joins the two plates, in the interval of the corner posts. An intermediate horizontal brace forms two rectangular panels each inscribing a saltire. To the right, two horizontal and two vertical braces form six rectangular panels, one of which serves as a frame to a narrow window. The intervals of this timber framing structure are filled with nogging concealed by render.