| The grange aux dīmes (the tithe barn) |
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First, this building was nominated "Forcadas". It was
probably rebuilt to do a covert market, in 12th century the
incipient gothic.
The Forcadas has belong to the Saint-Quiriace's canons who rent it
to the shopkeepers coming to deal during the
fairs of
Champagne. When the fairs disappeared, the building was
nominated "grange aux dīmes" because the canons stored there the
natural taxes perceived from the inhabitants and their domains.
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| The "grange aux dīmes" is
composed with three superimposed rooms.
One have access to the 1st floor by an external stair.
This room is lighted thanks to windows "ą meneau" (with
jambs) and "ą bancs de pierre engagés" (made of stone
indoor engaged bench).
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The ground floor is a room cover with an ribbed-vault
which recline on six pillars soberly decorated with
foliages. The windows carry benches of stone. Facing the
large entrance door in round-arch, a heavy trap door
open on a massive made of stone staircase which leads to
a low room or cave. This
underground room
is arched edges carried by square pillars with capitals
of identical form. |
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