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The house located at 20 Rue Colvestre in Tréguier is a two-storey building with a facade on the street partially with wooden panels. Its baluster decor, slightly corbelled, is distinguished by five posts carved in swelled columns on two levels, crowned with Corinthian capitals. These stylistic elements suggest construction in the second half of the 16th century. At the back, the garden side façade is fully coated, and a window lintel bears the inscription "IHS 1729 Mr", indicating a modification or renovation on that date.

The ground floor housed a shop, and the current door seems to date back to the 17th century. The house is historically linked to the "House of the Duke Jean V" (n°22), with which it formed a unique real estate complex in the 19th century. The sectional states of the cadastre of 1835 revealed that the two houses, their garden and their residence (parks 250 and 251) were then owned by Firmin Cadiau, resident of Tréguier. In 1877, Émile Le Taillandier, lawyer and future mayor of Lannion, became the owner, alongside the neighbouring house.

The facades and roofs of the house were inscribed in the Historical Monuments by order of 10 March 1964, while it belonged to Jeanne Bougon, widow of Allain Le Mée. In 1966, a false device coating still covered the wood panel, as shown in the photographs of the Historic Monuments. Today, the houses of numbers 20 and 22 belong to a single owner, perpetuating their historical link.

The house illustrates Breton civil architecture from the 16th to 18th centuries, mixing medieval structure with wooden panels and Renaissance elements. Its inscription among the Historic Monuments highlights its heritage value, especially for its partially preserved interior woodwork and its exceptional carved decoration. The mention of the monogram "IHS" (Christic symbol) on the lintel of 1729 evokes a possible religious dimension or devotion of the owner of the time.

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