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The house of Ancerville, dated the 4th quarter of the 15th century, is distinguished by its atypical architecture for rural construction. Close to the urban houses by its volume and its two corbellations, it combines a ground floor masonry and a pan-wood floor, today masked by a modern crepe but visible from the inside. This monument retains remarkable original elements, such as a tympanum door adorned with a shield and a wooden screw staircase serving the attic.

The interior has undergone subsequent modifications, attested by chimneys dating from the late 17th or early 18th century. These additions reflect the adaptation of domestic spaces to the needs of modern times. Despite these changes, the original structure remains legible, providing valuable evidence of the civilian habitat of the late Middle Ages in the region.

Ranked Historic Monument by order of 22 October 1992, the house is fully protected (cadastre AB 900). Its precise location, at 32 rue du Château in Ancerville (Meuse), is documented in the Mérimée base, although the cartographic accuracy is considered satisfactory a priori (level 6/10). No information is available on its access to the public or a possible tourist vocation.

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