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Maison forte du Fressineau

Nouhant, Creuse, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Les façades et les toitures (cad. E 48) : inscription par arrêté du 25 mars 2002
Protection dates
2002/03/25 : inscrit MH
Type
maison forte
Main period of construction
milieu 15e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Lieu-dit
le Fressineau
Commune
Nouhant
Département
Creuse
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
46.27672, 2.40142
Mérimée reference
PA23000008

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1762 map "12 Evaux." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Exemple de maisons fortes à plan type de la France centrale au cours du 15e siècle. Ici, variante construite autour de 1450, à logis de plan rectangulaire, avec un étage renfermant deux salles séparées par un refend, un escalier à vis dans une tour centrale de façade hors oeuvre, quatre tours circulaires d'angles. Présence d'aménagements de confort (latrines). L'ensemble devait être complété par une enceinte et une cour de service.

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Example of strong houses with typical plan of central France during the 15th century. Here, variant built around 1450, with main dwelling of rectangular plan, with a storey containing two rooms separated by a partition wall, a spiral staircase in a central projecting tower at the facade, four corner circular towers. Presence of comfort arrangements (latrines). The whole was to be completed by an enclosure and a service court.

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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