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The house of Tréguier, built in the second half of the sixteenth century, illustrates the Breton civil architecture of the Renaissance. Its deep plan, with two rooms per level up to the first floor, and its long-paned roof with uneven slopes, make it a model of urban housing of the time. The street façade, made of wood, rests on strong poles anchored in stone soles, while the floors and attic are supported by corbellations on beams. The frame combines bottom posts, sandstones, close posts and counterselling pieces arranged in chevrons and cross of St Andrew, ensuring stability and aesthetics.

The interior distribution is organised around a screw staircase, partly made of stone up to the first floor, then made of wood, housed in a square tower in half hors-oeuvre. This staircase serves rooms structured around a cross-sectional split wall, separating street spaces from courtyard spaces. On the ground floor, a fireplace remains in the back room of the shop, while on the floors, two bedrooms per level keep their original chimneys, especially that of the first floor on the east wall. The attic houses a rustic fireplace built into the west wall. The masonry side walls, acting as a fire barrier, bear witness to fire precautions in a dense neighborhood.

This house, probably that of a merchant, is distinguished by its prominent corbellations and its exposed beams heads, supported by legs of almost vertical force. Two windows per level, placed near the central beams, illuminate the floors leaving a large axial fog. The entrance door, now centered between two windows, could result from a post-Ligue war change (late 16th century), replacing an original lateral access. Located at the bottom of Renan Street, this construction reflects the economic dynamism of Tréguier, a Breton merchant town.

Classified as a Historical Monument in 1964 for its facades and roofs, this house embodies the Renaissance civil architectural heritage in Brittany. Its state of conservation makes it possible to study the techniques of construction of wood panels, the interior arrangements and the evolution of commercial and residential uses in a harbour city. The accuracy of its location remains poor (level 5/10), with an official address at 65 rue Ernest-Renan, although GPS coordinates suggest a proximity to 8 rue du Port.

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