This is one of the oldest houses in Saint-Aignan. It's a maison à pans de bois, remplissage de briques. It dates back, apparently, to the end of the 15th century and is called la maison Patin, but I don't know why. I took this photo on 31 December 2010.
Wow! I hope that I saw that when I was there :)
ReplyDeleteI just learned a new word: podologue
So are "pans de bois" and "colombages" the same thing?
ReplyDeleteNot exactly, it seems. Look at this web page.
Delete