Heritage classified

Origin and history

The house at 21 Beaudrairie Street in Vitré is a 15th and 16th century civil monument. It illustrates the urban architecture of this period in Brittany, with characteristic elements of bourgeois or artisanal constructions of the period. Its inscription as Historic Monument by decree of 5 November 1926 specifically concerns the facade and roof, highlighting their heritage value.

In Vitré, the fortified town of Brittany, medieval houses like this bear witness to the economic prosperity associated with trade and crafts in the 15th and 16th centuries. These buildings often served as housing, workshops or shops for local merchants and artisans. Their preservation makes it possible today to understand the urban and social organization of the period, in a region marked by its commercial dynamism and its architectural heritage.

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