Reference
PA00096938
Latitude
47.07803784
Longitude
2.40360708
Address
1 Bis Rue Carolus 18000 Bourges
Construction era
12e siècle;2e moitié 17e siècle
Protection date
1989/12/21 : inscrit MH ; 1992/02/10 : classé MH
Protection cause
Façade Sud et escalier extérieur de la maison (cad. IK 66) : inscription par arrêté du 21 décembre 1989 ; Porte romane (cad. IK 66) : classement par arrêté du 10 février 1992
Description
The house, erected since 1688 for Canon Moreau on the site of an old canonial house, is used as a residence for the school director (I.U.F.M.). Its former owner, the chapter of the castle, sold it in 1687 before rebuilding and enlarging it from 1688. The new construction, of the pavilion type, consisted of a cellar with a kitchen above, a bedroom upstairs, a room and an adjacent cabinet. In 1691, a building, a garden and a farmyard was added. A second main building, also in the pavilion, was built in 1770, adjacent to the first. The main facade has remained unchanged since its first construction. The rectangular entrance is surmounted by an entablature decorated with two oval badges. Above, two scroll consoles support an interrupted pediment in the shape of a fin. A furnished skylight and curved pediment opens in the slope of the roof. Two semicircular arches support the vault of the cellar, divided into two spans. The pillar cutter supporting the arcs is decorated with a dolphin surrounded by a star and a rose, which are the arms of the Moreau family. A Romanesque door dating from the 12th century could come from the Saint-Uustril church, which was the most significant from a monastic whole probably created before the 6th century. It is believed that this door belonged to the northern side portal of the church, of which only the first span of the Romanesque nave remains, the 15th century rose, and a garden under which a crypt hides. This door, with its right lintel supported by two pedys decorated with small superimposed scrolls and maintained by two flutes and scrolls, shows the influence of northern Romanesque art in Berry. The interior of the gate is decorated with a row of flattened broken sticks, descending to the floor, and plant patterns. The exterior is adorned with stems curved in scrolls, giving the illusion of eight adjacents. This ornamentation, arranged in shelves, recalls the Romanesque art of Normandy and Île-de-France. The eardrum was replaced and decorated in the 18th or 19th centuries.
