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Temple protestant

Chenay, Deux-Sèvres, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façade d'entrée (cad. AB 211) : inscription par arrêté du 21 septembre 1998
Protection dates
1998/09/21 : inscrit MH
Type
temple
Main period of construction
3e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1865
Architect or builder
Godineau De La Bretonnerie H. (architecte)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Chenay
Département
Deux-Sèvres
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
46.32358, -0.03316
Mérimée reference
PA79000012

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1824 map "A Map of the Vendee, South of the Loire and North of Brittany North of that River." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Construit entre 1865 et 1867 par l'entreprise Melin sur les plans de l'architecte Godineau de la Bretonnerie, le temple est surtout remarquable pour son élévation principale. C'est une construction de caractère néo-classique, composée d'un volume rectangulaire unique, couverte d'une toiture à longs pans. Le portail de la façade principale est surmonté d'un oculus percé dans le pignon évoquant un fronton à base interrompue. Effondré partiellement en 1975, le temple a été transformé en " maison pour tous " à partir de 1982.

English translation

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Built between 1865 and 1867 by the Melin company on the plans of architect Godineau de la Bretonnerie, the temple is especially remarkable for its main elevation. It is a construction of neo-classical character, composed of a single rectangular volume, covered with a roof with long slopes. The portal of the main façade is surmounted by an oculus pierced in the gable evoking a pediment with interrupted base. Partially collapsed in 1975, the temple was transformed into a "community centre" from 1982.

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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