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Origin and history

The twin house on Beaurepaire Street in Angers has a single gable-on-street façade, concealing two houses of unequal sizes (6 and 5 metres wide). Their structure varies according to the levels, with separate interior partitions. The right house had a small backyard. The materials used are mixed: the front elevation and the left side are made of wood, while the ground floor and the adjoining walls are in shale, typical of the houses of the area. Each house, with its own parcellar and distributive system, rests on a vaulted basement in a segmental cradle, built of schist bellows. The roofs, with long panels and leanings, are connected by a noose side.

The left house has retained its original staircase, a stone screw, while the right house, rebuilt in wood in the 19th century, adopts a silt structure suspended around a central day, characteristic of this period. The house, probably built in the second half of the 16th century, underwent major changes: interior redistribution and right staircase in the 19th century, modification of the first flight of the left staircase, and redesign of the shop of the right house in the 20th century, decorated with a mosaic signed by the Italian Pierre de Guisti. A comprehensive restoration was carried out around 1987.

The façade and roof of the building have been protected since 1925 by a decree of inscription to the Historical Monuments. The exact address, 61 rue Beaurepaire, is located in the centre of Angers, in Maine-et-Loire (Pays de la Loire). Although the sources mention an approximate location (precision noted 5/10), the building remains an architectural testimony of the urban transformations between Renaissance and modern times.

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