Our ‘maison d’maitre’ lies in the centre of the village and opposite the main church. It is hard to date the actual building, but the ground floors were re-laid in 1880 and bear the initials ‘A.W’ who we think may be the person who laid it. While squirreling around when we first moved in, we found numerous ledgers and documents which show that the owners (the Martin family) had been wine and grain merchants at the turn of the century but in more recent years (1940’s) the house was used as a bar and restaurant.
Please take time to look at the photos of how the house looked when we first saw it back in October 2004.
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