Ancienne grange monastique de Séveyrac

English translation

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History

Séveyrac was given, in 1165, to the Cistercian abbey of Bonneval by Count Hugues de Rodez. The establishment of agricultural estates made Bonneval the richest abbey in the region. In the 18th century, the estate was leased. Sold as national property at the Revolution. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the monks fortified all their granges to resist English attack. Séveyrac is among the granges fortified late. Traditionally, the monastic grange consists of a large tower surrounded by agricultural buildings delimiting a courtyard. Access to the upper floor was from the north, by a drawbridge, replaced in the 18th century by a parallel flight staircase. The tower rises over five levels, above a vaulted cellar accessible by an interior staircase. The first floor groups together the kitchen and dining room. On the floors are a domestic chapel, bedrooms with 19th century decoration. The bases of circular machicolations are visible on the top floor, testifying to the vanished parapet walk. The courtyard is delimited by buildings necessary for agricultural exploitation. A passage leads to the vegetable garden. In the second half of the 19th century, construction of a pigsty and a sheep shed.