Clos du Bois Rayer
Saint-Avertin
Access
No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found
- Where
- Saint-Avertin
To make a day of it
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Clos du Bois Rayer stands in Saint-Avertin (Indre-et-Loire), in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: 18th century). The building is privately owned and no visits are on record.
Clos du Bois Rayer is an eighteenth-century country house typical of those built near Tours in that era. Standing on the site of a former priory established in the twelfth century, it retains marks of its earlier function: a large grain and hay loft once occupied the storey above the ground floor. The protected complex includes a small dwelling adjoining it to the north.
What to know
- The building has been listed as a historic monument since 1965.
- The property comprises the main dwelling and a smaller house to its north.
- The structure retains the typical layout of eighteenth-century agricultural outbuildings.
Where this château is
Saint-Avertin · Indre-et-Loire · Centre-Val de Loire
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Address
21 Rue du Grand Cèdre, 37550 Saint-Avertin
Directions open from wherever you are, by car or public transport.
- Period of construction
- 18th century
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Sources
Identity, location and official references from Wikidata and the Mérimée register.
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- Mérimée PA00098056
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