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Soiron boasts many well-preserved houses from the 17th and 18th centuries. Built from the local grayish-yellowish limestone, they contribute to the character of this charming village.

Built in 1738 in a striking, slender, vertical style, adapted to the narrow streets. Here too, a large cellar opening onto the street. Many houses of that period had one. This indicated an additional activity, such as a small forge in the cellars where nails were made, for which the village was also known. The cloth industry also took place in the large natural stone building with a courtyard across the street.

The castle farm, formerly called “cense et labour”, dates from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. It had a mixed purpose: growing crops and breeding animals. In 1836, the barn was extended with a brick construction with numerous ventilation slits and served as a drying room for thistles. Thistles were used in the textile industry to card the cloth after pressing. Carding or roughing gave the cloth a felt-like appearance. Thistles were rubbed over it to bring out the down, which was then cut off. The large or wild teasel (the dipsacus fullonum) was used for this. This biennial plant was sown in July, replanted in March and harvested in August and laid out to dry. Handfuls of 15 ears were harvested and 100 handfuls formed a sheaf. One hectare could yield 60 to 70 sheaves (90,000 to 105,000 ears). For one piece of cloth, between 1,500 and 2,000 ears could be needed.

This large building marks the corner of the village square with its presence. The building expresses its identity through its volume and the many high windows divided over the three floors of the two street walls. The spacious house was built in the 18th century and once housed a cloth factory.

The ruins of the small castle are picturesque

The Church of the Assumption of Mary in Cornesse can be seen from far away. The church is massively built and has a large bell tower. Unfortunately it is not always open, but an information board about the church is posted on the other side of the street.

In the middle of the village is this former farm, whose property was expanded in 1836 to include a brick thistle dryer. The numerous cracks that pierce the masonry ensured a great deal of air circulation to make drying the thistles easier. Still considered a weed today, the thistle was a very useful plant for the textile industry in the 19th and 20th centuries and was also the subject of some myths: "If a pregnant woman wanted a boy, she ate thistle!"

In the village of Soiron you can still see houses that were once cloth factories in the 18th century. These are buildings that once housed cloth factories and are testament to the region's wool industry.