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Grange pyramidale de la Fontaine Bénat

Châtillon-sur-Loire, Loiret, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
La grange pyramidale remontée au lieudit la Fontaine Bénat, en totalité (cad. YN 110, 114, cf plan annexé à l'arrêté) : inscription par arrêté du 6 juillet 2012
Protection dates
2012/07/06 : inscrit MH
Type
grange
Main period of construction
16e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Châtillon-sur-Loire
Département
Loiret
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.58203, 2.73156
Mérimée reference
PA45000039

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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1759 map "9 Gien." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Cette grange-étable présente un type particulier de charpente, dénommée charpente pyramidale, essentiellement présent au nord-est du Cher et aux confins du Loiret. Une dizaine de grange-étable de ce type a été répertoriée autour de Beaulieu-sur-Loire. Ces charpentes pyramidales reposent sur des poteaux assemblés deux à deux en portiques et se caractérisent par leur important volume de toiture, leurs murs en pans de bois et leur porche en retrait. Leur distribution intérieure en vaisseaux parallèles regroupe diverses fonctions agricoles.

English translation

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This barn-stable presents a particular type of roof structure, called pyramidal roof structure, essentially present in the north-east of the Cher and on the borders of the Loiret. About ten barn-stables of this type have been recorded around Beaulieu-sur-Loire. These pyramidal roof structures rest on posts assembled two by two in porticoes and are characterized by their considerable roof volume, their timber-framing walls and their recessed porch. Their interior distribution into parallel vessels groups together various agricultural functions.

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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