A typical Haute-Marne village house, built in the countryside from the 18th century until the post-war period, as can still be seen in this house, dated 1949, which is twinned on the left with another dwelling that has no stables and is now in ruins. This house traditionally had three "cats" or bays: a house, a barn and a stable, at a time when the abandonment of horses in favour of mechanisation required larger agricultural areas, which were relocated outside the villages from the 1960s-1970s onwards.
Note the vertical monolithic stone that forms the common jamb between the door of the dwelling and the window with its arched lintels, a characteristic of the Haute-Marne region that requires the construction of an asymmetrical window shutter that is typical of our region. A shutter with cloverleaf-shaped cut-outs, which is not very common in our countryside.
In keeping with tradition, this house was placed under the protection of a saint who was once placed in the niche above the door. This niche is now empty, but it still has the unusual figurative decoration of the "tree of life". When we know that the "tree of life" and the cross of Christ are symbolic equivalents, we can think that it was a representation of Christ that was placed in this niche, which is very exceptional.
No visits: private site visible only from the outside.
Maison de 1949 à Choiseul
