Maison-forte dite ancien château

English translation

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History

Building of the end of the 16th or beginning of the 17th century, comprising defensive elements (pepper-pot turrets with gun ports, scarcity of openings in the lower parts). Inside, a staircase with two straight flights on the stringer wall allows passage from the first level entirely vaulted and paved with large slabs of black slate, to the second level paved with slate and terracotta tiles, with a French ceiling. On the first floor, a monumental door is framed by two jambs adorned with two pilasters supporting a lintel ornamented with classical moulding. The third storey exists only on the east half of the building. A visible change in the material used and the morphology of the openings show that it is more recent and corresponds to the fitting out of a silkworm nursery, probably in the 19th century. The construction of the whole appears to have taken place in three stages, at short intervals. This construction may have taken place around a more ancient primitive nucleus some elements of which survive in the eastern part. The various stylistic elements and the concern for security place this building in the context of the religious and political troubles of the end of the 16th or beginning of the 17th century. The search for relative richness in the decoration, the dimension and distribution of the rooms are probably the work of a "country gentleman" who occupied a high place in local society.