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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

maison girondine

English translation:

(traditional) Gironde-style house

Added to glossary by Stephanie Mitchel
Feb 9, 2012 02:32
12 yrs ago
French term

maison girondine

French to English Other Architecture
Hello all!

A fun (?) question for this evening. I'm translating a document about wine properties, and one of the descriptions is as follows:

"Cet ensemble comprend également un château du XVIIIème siècle de 400 m², des dépendances avec chai de 1000 m² et une maison girondine attenante."

I can find plenty of images of such a structure, but I haven't the faintest idea how we would characterize it in English. Can anyone help?

Thanks!

Stephanie
Proposed translations (English)
2 +3 Gironde-style house
4 a traditional Gironde-style house
4 Girondin residence

Discussion

kashew Feb 9, 2012:
Another piste Try a peek at Google earth.
kashew Feb 9, 2012:
House isn't "special" enough for me - try googling girondin chateau (images) for the range of "demeures".
Maybe it's a modest one like http://bourgogne-wineblog.com/non-classe/en-pessac-leognan-a...

Proposed translations

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Gironde-style house

Or some variation thereof. Please note the low confidence.

http://www.paperblog.fr/2129025/relais-de-franc-mayne-in-sai...
Peer comment(s):
agree Noni Gilbert Riley
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agree JaneD
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agree writeaway : yup, like une maison alsacien is an Alsatian-style house
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Marco, this fit quite nicely. I did qualify it as 'traditional' because that seemed to work well with the dating of the property and its appeal to investors."
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a traditional Gironde-style house

I'm assuming that because it's on a wine property with château du XVIIIème siècle... that it is a traditional style. Otherwise a TYPICAL .... might work

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http://www.green-acres.com/en/properties/departements/girond...

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and I just see Marco has similar thoughts!

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http://www.turnerfrance.com/aquitaine-properties-for-sale.ph...

http://www.frenchconnections.co.uk/en/accommodation/property...
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Girondin residence

an adjoining Girondin residence
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