When was the Moulin au Riche built?

The mill dates to the 16th century. The estate was documented from the 15th century and was dependent on the Cistercian abbey of Lorroy. The mill underwent restoration in the 19th century.

What is the Pays Fort?

The Pays Fort is a region of the Cher characterized by distinctive rural architecture: timber-framed buildings with clay infill, exemplified by the Moulin au Riche.

What is protected as a historical monument?

The listing covers both mills with their mechanisms, the barns, the stable with hayloft, the henhouse, and the former sheepfold, along with their facades and roofs.

Château du Moulin au Riche

Moulin au Riche Castle

Concressault

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Where: Concressault

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Château du Moulin au Riche stands in Concressault (Cher), in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: 16th century). The building is privately owned and no visits are on record.

The Moulin au Riche is a rural estate in the Cher department, documented since the 15th century and formerly dependent on the Cistercian abbey of Lorroy. Its architecture typifies the Pays Fort region: residential and farm buildings constructed with timber framing and clay infill. The mill dates from the 16th century and underwent restoration in the 19th century. The complex, listed as a historical monument, comprises two mills flanking the Grande Sauldre river, a pyramidal barn, a rectangular barn, a stable with hayloft, a henhouse, and a former sheepfold.

What to know

The estate features two mills on either bank of the Grande Sauldre, with access to the internal mechanism of the mill on the left bank.
The farm buildings display characteristic Pays Fort architecture in timber framing: pyramidal barn, rectangular barn, stable, and former sheepfold.
The protected elements include the facades and roofs of all structures, as well as the post-supported timber frame of the pyramidal barn.
The site has been listed as a historical monument since 1987.

Where this château is

Concressault · Cher · Centre-Val de Loire

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Address

Le Moulin Riche, 18260 Concressault

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Heritage status: Registered historic monument (inscrit); Mérimée record PA00096777
Period of construction: 16th century

Frequently asked

When was the Moulin au Riche built?: The mill dates to the 16th century. The estate was documented from the 15th century and was dependent on the Cistercian abbey of Lorroy. The mill underwent restoration in the 19th century.
What is the Pays Fort?: The Pays Fort is a region of the Cher characterized by distinctive rural architecture: timber-framed buildings with clay infill, exemplified by the Moulin au Riche.
What is protected as a historical monument?: The listing covers both mills with their mechanisms, the barns, the stable with hayloft, the henhouse, and the former sheepfold, along with their facades and roofs.