Stone cutting demonstration

Name: Stone cutting demonstration
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Manœuvrerie de la Gravière

The stonecutters of the Fédération des Compagnons du Devoir come to make a demonstration of their know-how during the two days, roughing of the stone, engraving work, and sc…

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Registration

graviereboucard@orange.fr

La gravière

The stonemasons of the Federation of Companions of Duty come to make a demonstration of their know-how during the two days, roughing of the stone, engraving work, and sculpture of soft stone during the weekend. An exhibition on the theme "images outils oeuvres" will also be available.

About the location

Manœuvrerie de la Gravière

20 route du Chateau 18260 Le Noyer

Cher
Centre-Val de Loire

Dependency of the castle of Boucard, the architectural ensemble of the Gravière is remarkable for its unity. Its construction includes the old techniques used since the 16th century (half-timbering, cob, walls of black stone, flint and limestone, pronounced canopy above barn doors, heavily stained coatings, flat tile, etc.) and its plan is representative (dwelling or operating building) of most of the interior of the Pays-Fort.
Originally the Gravière was a wheat mill. A rod, fed by the Sauldre, allowed to rotate the wheel whose position of the axis is still visible. The building in which this mill was located was converted into a dwelling while the original dwelling, located in the opposite building, was converted into a stable adjoining the barn. The plot (courtyard, garden, oak, pond, meadow, fields) has not been redefined. Since its transformation from mill to leasehold or manoeuvring at the beginning of the seventeenth century, the Gravière has retained its original appearance, wh