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Origin and history

The houses at 5 Rue du Grand-Marché in Tours date from the 15th century and illustrate the medieval civil architecture of the region. Their wooden panel structure, with a first floor in corbellation, is characteristic of the urban buildings of that time. The curved aisles of the gables form a broken arch, while the facade is covered with d'ardoises, materials typical of the Touraine. This type of house, with lateral corridor, reflects the spatial organization of bourgeois or artisanal houses of the late Middle Ages.

The protection of this monument was formalized by a decree of 3 December 1954, which included the façade and the roof in the inventory of Historical Monuments. This recognition underscores the heritage value of the building, a witness to the town planning and construction techniques of Tours at the end of the Middle Ages. Although the sources do not specify its original use, its location in the city centre suggests a role in the commercial or residential life of the time.

The accuracy of its location is estimated as "passible" (note 5/10), and the available data are mainly from the Merimée database and Monumentum. No information is provided on its current accessibility, whether visitation, rental or accommodation. GPS coordinates and administrative address (37100 Tours, Indre-et-Loire) confirm its anchoring in the historic centre of the city, now integrated into the Centre-Val de Loire region.

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