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Logis de Puy-Chenin ou Pichenin

Xaintray, Deux-Sèvres, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façades et toitures ; escalier en pierre ; grande cheminée (cad. D 303 à 305) : inscription par arrêté du 9 septembre 1975 ; Douves entourant le logis et les deux ponts (cad. D 186) : inscription par arrêté du 22 juin 1994
Protection dates
1975/09/09 : inscrit MH, 1994/06/22 : inscrit MH
Type
manoir
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 17e siècle
Dates
1640
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Xaintray
Département
Deux-Sèvres
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
46.50425, -0.48235
Mérimée reference
PA00101402

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "The County of Pictavia. Poictou" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La seigneurie de Puychenin relevait de la baronnie de Parthenay et était un arrière-fief de Châteauneuf-en-Gâtine. Le château forme un quadrilatère entouré de douves. Le corps de logis adopte un plan rectangulaire. Il est encadré de chaque côté de dépendances qui forment la cour d'honneur. La façade nord s'ouvre par une porte à fronton grec soutenu par deux pilastres. La façade sud est cantonnée de deux pavillons, chacun doté d'une lucarne surmontée d'un fronton à acrotères. Les communs forment un U au nord du logis. Ils abritent un four à pain et diverses granges.

English translation

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The seigniory of Puychenin was held under the barony of Parthenay and was a rear-fief of Châteauneuf-en-Gâtine. The château forms a quadrilateral surrounded by moats. The main dwelling adopts a rectangular plan. It is flanked on each side by dependencies which form the court of honour. The north façade opens through a door with a Greek pediment supported by two pilasters. The south façade is cantonned with two pavilions, each furnished with a dormer surmounted by a pediment with acroteria. The outbuildings form a U to the north of the main dwelling. They contain a bread oven and various barns.

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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