Eschif (of Creyssac)
The eschif is located in Périgord , in the center of the department of the Dordogne, in Périgueux . It is a building located at 9 boulevard Georges-Saumande, at the corner of Rue Tourville, in the protected area , on the edge of the Isle , a hundred meters south-east of the cathedral Saint-Front .
Although it has never been used as a mill, the eschif is mistakenly called "Old mill" or "Mill of the Chapter" or "Mill of Saint-Front". The confusion comes from the near mill of Saint-Front which was in the middle of the Isle and which was demolished in 1860
History [ edit | Change the code ]
A watchtower was built in 1347 on the ramparts of the Puy-Saint-Front (the medieval city corresponding to the historic center of Périgueux), at the foot of which the Isle s 'flowed 4 . It is built on the site of a house in Creyschat , destroyed the previous year following a flood of Isle
In 1860, the ramparts were destroyed to allow the construction of the imperial road 21 from Paris to Barèges 5 (the present boulevard Georges Saumande).
In 1929, the eschif is inscribed under the name of the historical monuments under the name (erroneous) of mill Saint-Front. This inscription is canceled in 1977 and replaced by a classification for historic monuments .
It belongs to the town of Périgueux since 1976 .
Architecture
The eschif has retained its wooden sides and its mud. The edifice seems to hold miraculously on a thin support to which it is connected by legs of force on its two longitudinal facades
Eschif (of Creyssac)
The eschif is located in Périgord , in the center of the department of the Dordogne, in Périgueux . It is a building located at 9 boulevard Georges-Saumande, at the corner of Rue Tourville, in the protected area , on the edge of the Isle , a hundred meters south-east of the cathedral Saint-Front .
Although it has never been used as a mill, the eschif is mistakenly called "Old mill" or "Mill of the Chapter" or "Mill of Saint-Front". The confusion comes from the near mill of Saint-Front which was in the middle of the Isle and which was demolished in 1860
History [ edit | Change the code ]
A watchtower was built in 1347 on the ramparts of the Puy-Saint-Front (the medieval city corresponding to the historic center of Périgueux), at the foot of which the Isle s 'flowed 4 . It is built on the site of a house in Creyschat , destroyed the previous year following a flood of Isle
In 1860, the ramparts were destroyed to allow the construction of the imperial road 21 from Paris to Barèges 5 (the present boulevard Georges Saumande).
In 1929, the eschif is inscribed under the name of the historical monuments under the name (erroneous) of mill Saint-Front. This inscription is canceled in 1977 and replaced by a classification for historic monuments .
It belongs to the town of Périgueux since 1976 .
Architecture
The eschif has retained its wooden sides and its mud. The edifice seems to hold miraculously on a thin support to which it is connected by legs of force on its two longitudinal facades