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Maison des Goix in Coutarnoux dans l'Yonne

Patrimoine classé
Maison classée MH

Maison des Goix in Coutarnoux

    9 Grande-Rue
    89440 Coutarnoux
Private property
Maison des Goix à Coutarnoux
Maison des Goix à Coutarnoux
Maison des Goix à Coutarnoux
Maison des Goix à Coutarnoux
Maison des Goix à Coutarnoux
Maison des Goix à Coutarnoux
Maison des Goix à Coutarnoux
Maison des Goix à Coutarnoux
Crédit photo : Patrick89 - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
3e quart XVe siècle
Construction of the mansion
1794
Sale as a national good
30 avril 1999
Registration for historical monuments
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Facades and roofs; screw staircase; portal and its wall (cad. AB 392): registration by order of 30 April 1999

Key figures

Famille des procureurs de l'Isle - Original owners Busy until the Revolution.

Origin and history

The house of the Goix is a former mansion located in Coutarnoux, in the department of Yonne in Burgundy-Franche-Comté. Built in the third quarter of the 15th century, it served as a residence for tax prosecutors of the Isle seigneury. The building is distinguished by its medieval architecture, including an octagonal 8-metre high stair tower, pierced with heeled arcade bays. Originally, two 15th-century statues decorated the gable overlooking the street: a Saint James as a pilgrim and a Virgin with the Child, now missing.

Occupied by the same family until the Revolution, the house was sold as a national property in 1794. It was completely restored and today remains a private property. Its spiral staircase, contained in a polygonal tower topped by a pepperpot, as well as its facades and roofs, have been protected since 1999 by an inscription to historical monuments. The house body, organized in two square pieces per level, reflects the Burgundian civil architecture of the late Middle Ages.

The house of the Goix illustrates the heritage of the seigneurial officers in Burgundy, where these residences mixed administrative functions and religious symbols. The original statues, typical of the popular devotion of the 15th century, underline the social and spiritual role of these local elites. Their disappearance in the 19th century reflects the transformations suffered by the medieval building over the centuries.

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