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The Logis de l'Éclopard, also known as Éclopart, is a 17th-century building located in Gensac-la-Pallue, Charente. Originally dependent on the seigneury of Roissac, it was built around 1640 by Nicolas Prévostière, a member of a noble family that acquired the land in 1537. The building is distinguished by its housing body framed by two roofed tile pavilions, as well as by an entrance door decorated with canned pilasters and geometric patterns.

The land of the Éclopart was sold in 1537 by François de Mortemer to Henri Bernard, before moving to the Prévostière. Nicolas Prévostière, heir of this line, had the house built at the beginning of the seventeenth century. His daughter, Marie, married Philippe Guillemeteau, transmitting the estate to this family, which kept him until after the Revolution. The house, typical of the classical architecture of the period, features arches with cuvilinear pediments and girdles.

On 31 December 1986 the house of the Éclopard was listed as a historic monument for its facades and roofs. It houses a farm and remains an architectural testimony of the influence of local noble families. The commons, added at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries, reproduce the style of the house, strengthening the harmony of the whole.

The building is characterized by a posterior facade pierced with sills and a central door framed with pilasters. The skylights, decorated with canned pilasters and denticles, are surmounted by fire pots, decorative elements typical of the period. The estate, although private, illustrates the architectural and historical heritage of the Charente, in New Aquitaine.

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