Logis de Vallade

English translation

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History

The Vallade family is noted in the parish registers of the early 17th century. The noble house was built in 1746, probably on the site of an older main dwelling. The estate was located at the centre of a plot radiating around the main dwelling of rectangular plan. Easements in a U shape closed a courtyard in front. Currently, the main dwelling has been reduced by its northern part. Only a north wing of outbuildings remains, which have been enlarged. The main dwelling in dressed stone develops over one level covered by a roof space lit by dormers with curved pediments. The axial door is framed by rusticated pilasters supporting a triangular pediment. The garden façade presents five dormers under triangular pediment. A projecting pavilion terminates the main dwelling to the north and contains a vast stone staircase with balusters which appears to date from the 17th century (vestige of an earlier building or reuse). The interior arrangement of the main dwelling dates essentially from the 19th century. The style of Vallade, a work of the 18th century, comes much closer to known examples of classical architecture of the 17th century. It should be seen as a modest residence, perpetuating a style corresponding to the taste of the minor nobility eager to retire to their lands and manage them.