Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Manoir de La Forest
Rossillon, Ain, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Le manoir, ainsi que la parcelle (cad. B 866) : inscription par arrêté du 5 septembre 2005
- Protection dates
- 2005/09/05 : inscrit MH
- Type
- manoir
- Main period of construction
- 4e quart 14e siècle
- Dates
- 1398
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Rossillon
- Département
- Ain
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.83386, 5.59183
- Mérimée reference
- PA01000015
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1708 map "La Bresse, Le Bugey..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Manoir en forme de U, prolongé sur ses extrémités par des bâtiments. A l'ouest se dresse une tour carrée (pigeonnier) , reliée au logis. Une tour ronde abrite l'escalier principal. La partie Est, voûtée, sert de grange et devait servir d'écuries et de réserves au château. Le logis est à deux étages sur rez-de-chaussée, desservi par un escalier à vis. Les pièces ont conservé leurs volumes d'origine, des décors de faux-appareil de pierre et des cheminées des 15e et 16e siècles. La construction du manoir remonte à 1398, date à laquelle Rossillon devient la capitale du Bugey. Ce manoir a pu, à ce moment, devenir le château de Rossillon, l'ancien château étant déjà en mauvais état à cette époque.
English translation
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History
Manor in U-shape, extended at its extremities by buildings. To the west stands a square tower (dovecote), connected to the main dwelling. A round tower houses the main staircase. The eastern part, vaulted, serves as a barn and was intended to serve as stables and storage for the château. The dwelling is two storeys over a ground floor, served by a spiral staircase. The rooms have preserved their original volumes, decorations of false stone-work and fireplaces from the 15th and 16th centuries. The construction of the manor dates to 1398, the date at which Rossillon became the capital of Bugey. This manor could, at that moment, have become the château of Rossillon, the old château already being in poor condition at that time.
Nearby in the register
- Église Saint-Pierreégliseunder 1 mi
- Château des Eclazchâteauunder 1 mi
- Maisonmaison3 mi
- Maison Mugniermaison3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.