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Wooden house, 2 Rue de la Tour in Clamecy dans la Nièvre

Patrimoine classé
Maison classée MH
Maisons à pans de bois
Nièvre

Wooden house, 2 Rue de la Tour in Clamecy

    2 Rue de la Tour
    58500 Clamecy
Crédit photo : SPLG - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
XVIe siècle
Initial construction
XVIIe-XIXe siècles
Front modification
1927
Registration MH
XXe siècle (début)
Edmond Satin Boutique
Années 1990
Renamed House Stengel
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Facade and roof on street (AK 503): inscription by decree of 31 May 1927

Key figures

Famille Balzac - Historical owners Without connection to the writer, lived there.
Famille Surugues - Typographs (XIXth century) Homeowners and occupants.
Edmond Satin - Merchant and publisher (XX century) Music instrument shop and postcards.
Kilien Stengel - Owner (1990s) Give his name to the house.

Origin and history

The log house, located 2 rue de la Tour in Clamecy (Nièvre), is a 16th century residence, characteristic of late medieval architecture. Its half-timbered facade and roof, inscribed as historical monuments in 1927, were masked by a coating between the 17th and 19th centuries before being restored. Unlike other wood-paned houses, it has an original sculpture: a head at the end of a beam.

This house, adjacent to the collegiate Saint-Martin, housed several notable families, including the Balzac (not linked to the writer), the Surugues (typegraphers in the 19th century), and the Forestier-Lachat (clercs of notaries). At the beginning of the 20th century, it became the shop of Edmond Satin, a music instrument dealer and postcard publisher under the EDSA brand, before becoming known as Maison Stengel in the 1990s.

The building consists of a ground floor with a stone screw staircase, and two floors overlooking a porch. Its history reflects the social and economic evolution of Clamecy, from its residential role to its commercial use. The restoration of its wood sections has preserved a rare testimony of Renaissance urban habitat in Burgundy-Franche-Comté.

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