BORDEAUX

Building from the sixteenth century

The wall of the ground floor is made of quarry stone (rubble) covered by a layer of roughcast.

The openings surrounded by cut stone were modified or created (entrance, window) under Louis XV.

The door to the cellar probably dates from the seventeenth or eighteenth century.

The small opening (disused) situated to the right of the window is called a "fenêtre bâtarde" and is typical of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The old door to the disused cellar probably dates from the same epoch.

The first and second floors overhanging each other are timber framed. The wooden crosses are called "Croix de Saint-André" or "Croisettes". They serve to decorate and fortify the construction of the wall. The trimming between the pieces of wood was done using small bricks covered by a coating of roughcast. Certain bays on the first and second floors, trimmed with pinnacles, were called at that time "Croisées à Filholes". The bays have the type of windows habitually used up to the last quarter of the seventeenth century.

The roof is covered with channel tiles and has a weak slope (30%) called "à la guise de Bordeaux".