Montravers · Deux-Sèvres
The pond and court of Vieux-Deffend
Built between the Hundred Years’ War and the Wars of Religion at Montravers, the manor of Vieux-Deffend opens to the west on a vast court ringed by outbuildings and to the east on a pond; its original moats are now dry.
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From the source
Vieux-Deffend is a manor house at Montravers, Deux-Sèvres, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. The recorded building campaign dates from the 16th century. It is protected as a monument historique at the second level (inscrit). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.
Editorial reading
The record describes a rectangular house, at once feudal in its defences and Renaissance in its taste, with mullioned windows, a door of the late sixteenth or early seventeenth century and brick bartizans at the corners, giving on a court of outbuildings to the west and on a pond to the east. The moats that once surrounded it are dry. The manor was listed in 1986. The pond is the water feature the record gives; the grounds are not otherwise described.
Sources
Base Mérimée — immeubles protégés · PA00101276 — Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab) — Ministère de la Culture, base Mérimée
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