The Rack stick

the Rack stick is a priory strengthened which is not far from the commune of Saint-Nicolas-with-Wood, in the Département of Aisne, in the forest of Saint-Gobain.

History

Built on the site of an old vault, the priory dates from the beginning of the 14th century time to which it is used as leper-house. It was then a dependence of the abbey of Saint-Nicolas-with-Wood. It is a private property today.

Structure

Transformed into farm, it includes/understands around the court, a building of the hosts and the home of the prior to bays with mullions.

See too

Dany Sandron, Gothic Picardy , Editions Picardy, Paris, 2001, ISBN 2-7084-0607-8, pp. 341-349.

External bonds

Any knowledge on the Rack stick, by F. of Fossa and E. Lefèvre-Pontalis

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