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Classed wooden houses from France

The advantage of the wood-pan construction was to allow overlapping floors in corbellation, so as to leave a fairly wide passage on the highway and gain space in the upper floors. 

It is a framework consisting of high and low sandstones, landfill poles and turnstiles forming a wooden wall. Filling is usually made of torchi (clay, straw, sand, and lime). Crude brick was also used as well as small bellows.

Normandy is one of the regions with the largest number of wood-paned houses (Rouen canned nearly 2,000). Alsace and Brittany also retain many (Strasbourg, Colmar, Rennes or Dinan).

It seemed essential to us to introduce them by region and by department.

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Classed wooden houses from France

Sélection de 8 wood-paned houses classified sur 578 en France

House of Saint Vincent in Vannes
Maison à pan de bois
56000 Vannes

The house of Saint Vincent is a wooden house of the 3rd quarter of the 16th century, located in Vannes, Brittany, famous for its Renaissance architecture and its link with Saint Vincent Ferrier.
Maison des Trois-Piliers in Vannes
Maison à pan de bois
56000 Vannes

The House of the Three Piliers, a 16th-century wooden block building in Vannes, is a typical example of Breton medieval architecture, combining habitat and commerce.
Spanish houses in Mouzon
Maison à pan de bois
08210 Mouzon

The Spanish houses of Mouzon are historical houses of the 15th, 16th and 18th centuries, located in the Ardennes, in the Grand East region. They were listed as historical monuments in 1942 and bear witness to the local architectural heritage.
Boersch Guard Corps
Maison à pan de bois
67530 Boersch

Boersch's guard corps, built in the 17th century, is a historical monument located in Boersch in the Lower Rhine, inscribed since 1930 for its iconic facades and roofs.
Wood house, Rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville in Marcigny
Maisons à pans de bois
71110 Marcigny

The log house in Marcigny is a 15th century half-timbered house, classified as a historical monument, located in Burgundy-Franche-Comté. It combines medieval structure and transformations of the 17th and 19th centuries.
House of the Lieutenant-Juge in Romenay
Maison à pan de bois
71470 Romenay

The House of the Lieutenant-Juge is a 15th century historical residence located in Romenay, Burgundy-Franche-Comté, classified as a historical monument since 1933.
House at 85 Grand Rue in Turckheim
Maison à pan de bois
68230 Turckheim

The House at 85 Grand-Rue in Turckheim, dated from the 1st quarter of the 18th century, is a typical Alsatian building with cellar and house, classified as a historical monument since 1929 in the Upper Rhine.
House of the Governor of Dinan
Maison à pan de bois
22100 Dinan

The House of the Governor, a 15th-century wooden house located in Dinan, Brittany, is a listed historical monument, emblematic of medieval urban architecture and local craftsmanship.