page_title: Alloue
section_title: Civil heritage
hierarchical_section_title: Alloue / Sites and Monuments / Civil heritage
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: lavoir du bourg d'Alloue, Charente, France
context_page_description: Alloue is a commune in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.
  Alloue was part of the province of Limousin. Its inhabitants speak the Occitan form of the Limousin dialect.
  The inhabitants of the commune are known as Allousiens or Allousiennes
context_section_description: There are in excess of 200 sites in the commune that are registered as historical monuments with the majority of sites Houses or Farmhouses. For a complete list of historical sites in the commune together with links to descriptions (in French) and photos click here. A selection of the more interesting sites are described below.
  There are traces of a Roman road east of the town near the place called Les Repaires.
  A small masoned Irrigation Canal (19th century) is located on the edge of the Maquis-Foch Square dating from the 19th  century which allows a small stream to flow into the Charente. A slab connects the two rivers.
  The Chateau of Massignac (15th century) has large corner towers and framed windows and with mouldings typical of a 15th-century castle. The circular corner towers are square inside and equipped with several archers' loopholes. It was redesigned in 1861 with installation of a stairway.
  Gueuche Chateau has retained its 14th century structure although a large part of the walls were rebuilt in 1870 – which date is inscribed on the lintel of the door. It is rectangular in shape with a vaulted cellar in the basement, one floor with an attic covered with a high hip roof with flat tiles. The tower with a staircase is adjoining on the southeast side topped with a conical slate roof with loopholes for archers. Outbuildings were added in the 19th century and are partly shown on the cadastral map of 1835 (the barn was enlarged at the end of the 19th century).
  L'Age Manor (15th century) was originally composed of a rectangular enclosure with battlements with four circular towers and a drawbridge dating from the 15th century and lodgings built at the end of the 16th century. All that remains of the enclosure is the two towers located on the southwest and southeast sides. The towers are pierced by four gunnery loopholes. The wall was crowned with a parapet and battlements of which there remains the consoles at the level of the south-west tower. The lodgings have a rectangular plan with an attic floor and circular stairs to the tower, half-completed, in the middle of the facade pierced with small windows and an archer loophole. On the cadastral map of 1835, the moat and the four towers were still present and there was a building that was against the outer wall to the southwest, an extension of the current vaulted room, which connected the two corner towers. On old views of the early 20th century, the tower in the north-west and the walkway in front of the lodgings are still visible.
  Beau-Chêne Manor (1666) consists of buildings contained within four towers, the oldest of which is the south-east tower which may date from the 15th century. The coat of arms of De Lage is found on the walls of the courtyard of the lodgings and an inscription "F.P.P.D.Lage 1656" is inserted in the wall over a raven (but probably not in its original location) in an outside staircase. The north wing of the castle was demolished in 1873. The De Lage family, lords of Beauchesne, a branch of the family of De Lage de Volude, owned the manor until the late 17th century, then the Gracieux family held it until the Revolution.
  The Logis de la Vergne (15th century) is located 300 m south of the town next to the Charente. The first lords of this manor were known as GUYOT. Marc Guyot du Repaire inherited the lordship of the Chateau de La Vergne in 1679. The Guyot du Repaire family owned the lordship and the estates and land of La Vergne till the mid 19th century. The castle was bought by the famous actress María Casares in the 1960s. At her death in 1996, the estate was bequeathed to the local municipality. Since then the castle now hosts a cultural project and is a residence and place of exchange, training for writers, actors and theatre directors. The library and the whole house became a Registered monument on 12 December 2002.
  The Pavillon Manor (17th century) was indicated as a lordship on the 18th century Cassini map but the house has since been greatly altered. The house faces the church and was restored in the 19th century. This mansion has an au
caption: The covered Lavoir or public laundry
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