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The house located at 32 rue de l'Hommeau in Angers is a complex mansion, built by aggregation of bodies of buildings staggered between the 15th and 18th centuries. Its medieval heart, probably dating back to the 12th–15th centuries, evokes a manor tower structure with a three-storey quadrangular body and a rounded pan, now unfurled and covered with appentis. The dominant, shale and tufted materials, as well as a window on the left gable, suggest partial origin in the 15th century. A major restructuring took place in the second half of the 16th century, adding a spiral staircase and a wooden gallery adorned with an engraved sentence: "Beware of falling into business, few are friends in opposite fortune. »

The hotel belongs successively to the Gohier families of Jarrilaie, Guérin de Mouriou, Boisrobert and Pinson (attested in 1769). In the 18th century, major changes transformed the facade of the house body into a backyard, added a stone staircase in square, and renovated the interiors with fireplaces, panelling and studded decorations (including two door tops in the stairwell). The service buildings, on the terrace or on the terrace, probably date from the first half of the 19th century. The ensemble was partially listed for historical monuments on 16 July 1963, protecting its façade on street and its gable on Vauvert Street.

The building illustrates the architectural evolution of Angelina, mixing medieval heritage (vertical volumetric, ancient masonry) and adaptations of modern and classical eras. The appenti covers, probably added in the 19th century, partially altered its original appearance. The location in the historic district of the Doutre, on the left bank of Maine, highlights its anchoring in an urban fabric marked by private hotels and wood-paned houses, typical of Angers.

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