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The house located 17 rue Neuve in Neufchâteau is a rebuilt building around 1780 on 16th century cellars, the only vestige of the original building. This monument illustrates the civil architecture of the reign of Louis XVI, with a facade decorated with ground chambranles, staples decorated with shells, vegetal windings and floral garlands. Its exceptionally preserved interior features geometric parquet floors, stucco rose ceilings, panelling and fireplaces characteristic of decorative art of the time.

The building consists of two distinct bodies: a house built on a cellar with two arched vessels in a cradle, and a squared body housing a ramp staircase. An appentis, added in 1822 as evidenced by the lintel dated from his door, extends the whole. Although the courtyard building was destroyed in 1985, the remaining elements, including the 16th century cellars, were protected by an inscription under the Historic Monuments in January 2000.

The interior decorations, of remarkable richness, include an alcove and elements of carpentry and stucco of neoclassical inspiration. The house thus reflects the architectural and social evolution of Neufchâteau, where the 18th century reconstructions often included medieval remains, as evidenced by the vaulted cellars prior to the reconstruction of 1780.

The location of the house, at 17 rue Neuve (or 19 according to GPS sources), in the department of Vosges, makes it a rare testimony of provincial urban planning under the Old Regime. Its classification underlines its heritage interest, both for its architecture and for its interior decoration, representative of the aristocratic and bourgeois taste of the late eighteenth century.

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