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  6. Mill of Tallard

Mill of Tallard à Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne dans l'Ain

Ain

Mill of Tallard

    À Tallard
    01140 Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne
Moulin de Tallard
Moulin de Tallard
Moulin de Tallard
Moulin de Tallard
Moulin de Tallard
Moulin de Tallard
Moulin de Tallard
Crédit photo : Chabe01 - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1374
Tribute to Edward I of Beaujeu
1419
Authorized water diversion
1479
Confiscation of mill
1669
Change of ownership
1724
Sale to Jean Arriveur
1956
Closing the mill
2015
Registration for historical monuments
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

In total, the mill Tallard (for the south property) sis 389, chemin de Tallard à Saint-Etienne-sur-Chalaronne, i.e. its entire beef (beef of the Echudes) from its water intake and basketry, its eight wheels, its entire buildings (moulin, commons, bread oven building, and the building of the house with the exception of the interior part of the dwelling) of the flour mill containing its mechanisms, the fixed mechanisms for all levels and in whole without exception, these elements as well as their plates D 850 and D 801: inscription by order of October 8, 2015.

Key figures

Jean d'Estrées - Lord and Owner Pays tribute to the mill in 1374.
Édouard Ier de Beaujeu - Lord suzerain Recipient of the tribute in 1374.
Dalmais de Challes - New owner in 1479 Receives the mill confiscated by the Duke.
Jean de Rhodes - Owner until 1669 Exchange the mill with Benoît Broyer.
Jean Arriveur - Acquirer in 1724 Family owner until the Revolution.
Benoît Broyer - Owner in 1669 Get the mill by exchange.

Origin and history

The Tallard Mill, located in Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne in the department of Ain, is a building whose current architecture dates mainly from the 17th and 19th centuries. The buildings, organized in a trapezoidal plane, overlap the bay of the Chalaronne and house two separate mills, each with its own mechanisms. Eight barrel wheels, placed in the centre of the north-south oriented buildings, operated these mills. The south part, protected, includes a house and a mill spread over four levels: ground floor, two floors and attic. This mill was originally linked to the Epinay seigneury, owned by the Estrées family.

The mill has known several owners over the centuries, including the Estrées family, who honoured Edward I of Beaujeu in 1374. In 1419, a member of this family obtained the right to drift water to a vineyard. Confiscated in 1479 for bâtardise, he was transferred to the Duke of Bourbon, then passed into the hands of the Rhodes family until 1669. After several transactions, it was sold in 1724 to Jean Arriveur, whose family kept it until the Revolution. In the 19th century, it was used as a mill until 1956. In 2015, the southern part of the mill, including its mechanisms and bief, was listed as historical monuments.

Tallard Mill is today a private property open to visitors. Visitors can discover its working mechanisms, old tool exhibitions and a small toy museum. The recent restoration has brought this industrial heritage back to life as a witness to the milling activities of the region. Its architecture, marked by successive transformations, maintains a plan similar to that of 1830, illustrating the evolution of hydraulic and milling techniques over centuries.

External links

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Page Monumentum