Twelfth and Thirteenth-Century Domestic Architecture North of the Loire: A Summary of Recent Research
Pierre Garrigou Grandchamp
The aim of this paper is to attempt an appraisal the present state knowledge town houses north rivers Loire and Rhône, with reference additionally neighbouring parts Switzerland, Germany Belgium. Four successive sub-headings will be developed: settlement towns; organisation function houses; living environment; construction materials. A word caution necessary at outset: no standing timber-framed house in France has yet been identified as being earlier than fourteenth century. For reason what follows essentially concerned stone-built houses.
Vernacular Architecture