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Origin and history

The house at 3 rue Pinte in Angers, also accessible by 59 rue Beaurepaire, has an architectural peculiarity due to its irregular plot. This corner house offers a double elevation: an anterior facade in wood-walled torchi on Beaurepaire Street, and a posterior schist body overlooking Pinte Street. The side walls combine different materials, while the rear house is built in tuft. The blanket, with long panels and drippers, includes appentis for side cabinets. A stone screw staircase completes the whole.

The main body of the house, including the staircase and the halls of the gallery, dates back to the second half of the 15th century or the first quarter of the 16th century, as evidenced by the original wooden partitions preserved on the 2nd floor. A 16th century well, backed by the stair tower and later converted into a sink, marks this period. In the 18th century (first half), the house underwent major changes: the addition of a skylight, the re-imposition and elevation of the posterior elevation with the resumption of the cover, and the development of a chimney on the 2nd floor. The posterior house body, however, dates from the first half of the 19th century.

A restoration undertaken around 1986 altered the elevation of gallery offices on Pinte Street, while the courtyard was partially covered on the first floor for commercial extensions. Today, the facade has a green hue, inspired by ancient traces of an undetermined period. Classified as a Historical Monument by decree of 24 September 1921 for its facade, this house illustrates the architectural evolution of the medieval period in modern times, despite recent controversial transformations.

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