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Logis de Forge

Mouthiers-sur-Boëme, Charente, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Les façades et les toitures des bâtiments constituant le logis (cad. C 504, 1254, 1255) : inscription par arrêté du 10 juin 2005
Protection dates
2005/06/10 : inscrit MH
Type
manoir
Main period of construction
15e siècle, 16e siècle
Later work
18e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Mouthiers-sur-Boëme
Département
Charente
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.55131, 0.12871
Mérimée reference
PA16000033

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1777 map "69 Angouleme." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'ancienne seigneurie de Forge relevait du fief de La Rochandry. Le logis remonterait au 15e siècle (baies à meneaux ; tour ronde avec escalier à vis sur la façade Est). Deux tours rectangulaires ornent la façade arrière. Leurs lucarnes, d'époque Renaissance, sont décorées d'une coquille Saint-Jacques, d'une tour, d'un singe, d'un aigle et d'un éléphant. En 1791, le domaine est transformé en papeterie utilisant l'énergie fournie par la source et la chute de l'étang. Plusieurs bâtiments ont été ajoutés au logis au cours des 18e et 19e siècles pour assurer le fonctionnement de la papeterie.

English translation

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The former seigneurie of Forge was dependent on the fief of La Rochandry. The main dwelling would date back to the 15th century (openings with mullions; round tower with spiral staircase on the east façade). Two rectangular towers ornament the rear façade. Their dormers, of Renaissance period, are decorated with a scallop shell, a tower, a monkey, an eagle and an elephant. In 1791, the estate is transformed into a paper mill using the energy supplied by the spring and the fall of the pond. Several buildings were added to the main dwelling during the 18th and 19th centuries to ensure the functioning of the paper mill.

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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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