Noble house à Champagné-le-Sec dans la Vienne

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Origin and history

The noble house of Champagné-le-Sec, classified as Historic Monument, illustrates an architecture combining medieval traditions and 17th century influences. Originally built at the end of the Middle Ages, it was redesigned in the 17th century, as evidenced by its facades and its depressed arch portal decorated with carved pilasters. This rectangular house, surrounded by commons and a closed courtyard, preserves original elements such as tomette slabs and fireplaces of the 15th and 17th centuries, protected by decree in 1989.

Originally, this house housed notaries of the Marquisat de Couhé-Vérac, then royal notaries, reflecting its administrative and social role in the region. Its vernacular architecture, marked by stone walls and flat tile roof, is part of the rural landscape of Poitou. The precision of the portal sculptures and the preservation of the interior volumes underline the importance of this monument as a witness to the architectural evolutions and local hierarchies between the Middle Ages and the modern era.

The partial inclusion in the Historic Monuments in 1989 (facades, roofs and three chimneys) attests to its heritage value. Although its exact location is approximate (level 5/10 depending on the sources), its official address is linked to Roger Boileau Square. Today, its status (visit, rental) remains undocumented, but its history closely links it to the notarial and seigneurial institutions of the Ancien Régime.

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