Hautefond: Brickmaking History and the Canal du Centre

The Four à Briques de Mazoncle gives Hautefond a tangible link to the history of building-material production.

The Four à Briques de Mazoncle

The Four à Briques de Mazoncle was built in 1875 and produced bricks, roof tiles, floor tiles and drainage pipes for a local market. The name initially draws attention to the bricks, but production covered a wider range of products. Bricks and roof tiles are building materials for walls and roofs; floor tiles round out the range, while drainage pipes are used for drainage. The history of production thus brings together various groups of materials. At the same time, the focus on a local market gives the enterprise a concrete regional connection.

Production ceased in the 1930s. Several decades lie between the year it was built, 1875, and its closure. After production ended, the Four remained vacant until an association was founded in the 1980s; the association worked to preserve it. The building’s history therefore encompasses its time as a production site, its subsequent period of vacancy and efforts to preserve it.

The Four à Briques de Mazoncle is listed in the supplementary inventory of historic monuments and was recently restored. The listing indicates its status in relation to heritage protection; the restoration concerns the building itself. These aspects add the building’s heritage status and preservation to its production history.

Delfôtel: Rooms and Location

The Delfôtel in Hautefond has 32 rooms. As capacity may change, check the room count again before making your booking decision. The number of rooms is a specific indication of the hotel’s capacity and can be considered separately from its location details. It describes the hotel’s capacity, so for your search it should be distinguished from whether a room is available on your preferred date.

The Delfôtel is 100 metres from the Canal du Centre; opposite it is the Voie Verte, a cycle path. The distance and the reference to the cycle path provide different points of orientation: the number of metres gives the distance to the canal, while the name Voie Verte identifies the path opposite as a cycle path. If cycling is part of your travel plans, this is a specific point to consider when choosing a hotel.

The number of rooms, the distance to the canal and the reference to the cycle path answer different questions. The 32 rooms indicate capacity, the 100 metres indicate the distance to the Canal du Centre, and the Voie Verte is the named cycle path opposite the hotel. You can weigh these criteria separately, depending on whether accommodation size or access to a cycle path is more important to you when searching.

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