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Ancienne maison forte, actuelle mairie

Cult, Haute-Saône, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
L'ancienne maison forte en totalité (cad. B 212) : inscription par arrêté du 4 août 2011
Protection dates
2011/08/04 : inscrit MH
Type
maison forte, mairie
Main period of construction
limite 16e siècle 17e siècle, 4e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1878
Architect or builder
Colard de Gray (architecte)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
2 rue de la Mairie
Commune
Cult
Département
Haute-Saône
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country
France
Coordinates
47.31226, 5.73647
Mérimée reference
PA70000105

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IGN France — Géoportail

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1843 map "Carte de l'Etat-Major 1:40,000 (1820-1866)" (IGN France — Géoportail).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'édifice, ancienne maison forte du 16ème ou 17ème siècle, fut transformé en maison commune en 1878 selon les plans des architectes A. et C. Collard de Gray. L'essentiel de son enceinte quadrangulaire est conservée. Ellle comprend deux tours carrées aux angles nord et sud-est et est percée de canonnières. En fond de cour, se situe un logis de plusieurs corps où subsistent des éléments d'architecture significatifs: escalier rampe sur rampe, fenêtres à meneaux et cheminées monumentales.

English translation

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The edifice, former fortified house of the 16th or 17th century, was transformed into a town hall in 1878 according to the plans of the architects A. and C. Collard de Gray. The essential part of its quadrangular enclosure is preserved. It comprises two square towers at the north and south-east angles and is pierced with gun-loops. At the back of the courtyard, is situated a dwelling of several bodies where significant architectural elements remain: staircase with ramp on ramp, mullioned windows and monumental chimneys.

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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