What is a fief held under a barony?

It is a seigneurial estate held from a superior lord in exchange for dues and feudal obligations. Bas-Cousse was thus subject to the authority of the barony of Ile-Bouchard.

What distinguishes the chapel architecturally?

Its ribbed vaults display rare architectural refinement for a private building, with sculptured keystones bearing decorative figures, evidence of masterful craftsmanship.

Manoir du Bas-Cousse

Vernou-sur-Brenne

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Where: Vernou-sur-Brenne

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Manoir du Bas-Cousse stands in Vernou-sur-Brenne (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: 16th century). The building is privately owned and no visits are on record.

A sixteenth-century manor at Vernou-sur-Brenne, Bas-Cousse was a holding under the barony of Ile-Bouchard. Its architecture combines a rectangular residential building with a square pavilion reinforced by buttresses at the corners, its ground floor housing a vaulted chapel. Listed as a historical monument, the ensemble reflects the aristocratic status of this country residence.

What to know

The ground-floor chapel in the pavilion retains its ribbed vault decorated with keystones featuring figurative carvings.
A ruined cylindrical dovecote stands to the west of the courtyard approach to the manor.
Only the former chapel has been listed as a historical monument, since 1947.

Where this château is

Vernou-sur-Brenne · Indre-et-Loire · Centre-Val de Loire

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5 rue du, Le Bas Cousse, 37210 Vernou-sur-Brenne

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Heritage status: Registered historic monument (inscrit); Mérimée record PA00098284
Period of construction: 16th century

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What is a fief held under a barony?: It is a seigneurial estate held from a superior lord in exchange for dues and feudal obligations. Bas-Cousse was thus subject to the authority of the barony of Ile-Bouchard.
What distinguishes the chapel architecturally?: Its ribbed vaults display rare architectural refinement for a private building, with sculptured keystones bearing decorative figures, evidence of masterful craftsmanship.