Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Grange ovale du Breuilh
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, Haute-Vienne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Grange ovale (cad. XD 20) : classement par arrêté du 25 janvier 1996
- Protection dates
- 1996/01/25 : classé MH
- Type
- grange
- Main period of construction
- milieu 18e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Lieu-dit
- la Bachellerie
- Commune
- Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
- Département
- Haute-Vienne
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.47829, 1.18183
- Mérimée reference
- PA00125520
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1711 map "Le Gouvernement General De Guinne et Gascogne ...." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Grange datée du milieu du 18e siècle. Type de bâtiment constitutif des anciennes exploitations agricoles dans le Limousin. Grange caractérisée par une structure en bois de charpente sur poteaux. Le toit en paille de seigle a été remplacé par de la tôle ondulée. 2000 granges ovales sont signalées au 19e siècle, dont au moins 50 existaient encore entre 1980 et 1984.
English translation
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History
Barn dated to the mid-18th century. Type of building constitutive of former agricultural holdings in Limousin. Barn characterised by a timber roof structure on posts. The rye straw roof was replaced with corrugated iron. 2000 oval barns are reported in the 19th century, of which at least 50 still existed between 1980 and 1984.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.