Manoir du Grand-Moulin

English translation

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History

The origin of the fief of Grand Moulin goes back to the 14th century. The buildings, the ensemble of which dated from the 17th and 18th centuries and the beginning of the 19th century, were organized around a courtyard of which the lower part formed a watering place. The central dovecot-tower dated 1564 was destroyed at the end of the 19th century. The annexe buildings of the farm were themselves destroyed at the end of the 20th century. There remains the body of dwelling of the second half of the 17th century, with two levels of elevation in Baincthun stone. The façade on the farmyard side is flanked by a turret in corbelling topped with a campanile containing a bell classified (20 September 1943). Another round turret pierced with loopholes, covered with a pepper-pot roof in flat tiles, is attached to the angle of the façade in return towards the fields. The right part of the body of dwelling on the farmyard, lower, was modified by the opening of large triangular dormers pierced with two windows opening into the roof in mechanical tiles. The openings on the left part (the oldest) are original. This manor, typical of the architecture of the manors of Boulonnais (well known thanks to the writings of Roger Rodière) is a good example of this type of rural architecture with still medieval appearance, situated in a bocage landscape. There fortunately remain some witnesses to it, this one having come down to us in the entirety of its buildings (less the dovecot-tower). The remaining body of dwelling deserves however particular attention.