The raccard is also one of the four components of traditional rural housing.
The repository is built in a fairly rudimentary way, using crossed planks that impose a rectangular plan. These are assembled at both ends using the cross-cutting technique. A system of wooden pegs holds the planks together.
The load-bearing element is always made up of a number of vertical pillars solidly fixed to the base crown. This is made up of five beams placed on a low, roughly masonry wall. The vertical pillars and beams of the base ring are assembled using the so-called "dovetail" cut. Protection against rodents is provided by a stone slab placed horizontally at the top of each pillar, creating an overhang that is impassable to small mammals.
To keep the walls straight, an ingenious system of "needles" links the planks at the base to those at the top. There are two on the gable façade and one on the gable façade. Facades whose axis is weakened by openings require two needles: this is often the case with gable facades.
The interior layout of the depot meets two functional requirements: the storage of sheaves and the threshing of ears of corn.
The interior floor is not uniform: in the centre runs a 1.5 m wide alley bordered on either side by an 80 cm high parapet: this is the area where the wheat was flailed in the off-season. On either side of the area, the surface is divided into compartments (shares), which avoids overly large piles and makes it easier for several owners to use the raccard.
Like the attic, the loft has no direct access, such as a staircase or ladder, as this would cancel out the protective effect of the pillars and stones. At the front, where there are no galleries, laths are pulled up to allow the drying of fodder grasses tied in fascines: potato stalks, broad beans, peas, etc.
