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Ferme dite de l'Espinas

Montselgues, Ardèche, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Ferme dite de l'Espinas (cad. AS 63) : classement par arrêté du 24 octobre 1988
Protection dates
1988/10/24 : classé MH
Type
ferme
Main period of construction
3e quart 17e siècle
Dates
1651
Ownership
propriété privée
Lieu-dit
Hameau de l'Espinas
Commune
Montselgues
Département
Ardèche
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
44.48775, 4.02407
Mérimée reference
PA00116737

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "La partie Septentrionale du Languedoc" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Edifice à double rez-de-chaussée portant une mention de 1651, construit en granit et en grès, et rassemblant tous les traits d'une ferme fortifiée. Le bâtiment a un plan en U comprenant habitations, étables et grange attenantes autour d'une cour dallée. Présence d'une cachette de très grande dimension dans une voûte creuse de l'une des étables, sans doute construite au cours des guerres de Religion.

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Building with double ground floor bearing a mention of 1651, constructed in granite and sandstone, and gathering all the traits of a fortified farmhouse. The building has an L-shaped plan comprising dwellings, stables and barn attached around a paved courtyard. Presence of a very large hiding place in a hollow vault of one of the stables, probably built during the Wars of Religion.

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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