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The house of the notary Chambron in Die is an urban noble house whose structures date mainly from the 15th century. It is distinguished by its complex spatial organization: a covered alley leads to a first inner courtyard, bordered by commons and a body of passage housing a medieval painted ceiling. The latter, arranged "à la française", rests on three master beams and five solos, forming 48 panels decorated with armored ecus (red background) and historiated scenes (blue grey background) representing dances, jousts, fighting and hunting. The joint covers and mouldings have geometric or taped patterns in grey-white and grey-red. Access to the courtyard is done by large arcades in the middle of the north and south.

The main house was remodeled, especially in the 19th century for its western façade. The northern facade, however, preserves ancient coatings with traces of false painted apparatus and original holes (XVth–early 16th century). The ground floor includes vaulted cellars, while the southern rooms were renovated in the 18th and 19th centuries. The current staircase, masked by a 19th century decor, could date from a 17th century restructuring. Upstairs, there remains a ceiling similar to that of the porch and a room decorated with a painted decor and a fireplace evoking the early seventeenth century. The ensemble retains its medieval dispositions, both in plan and in its internal structures.

Classified Historic Monument by order of 10 September 2004, the house includes in its protection the alleys, courtyards and gardens. Private property, it bears witness to medieval civil architecture and its evolution throughout the centuries, combining residential functions, ostentatoires (armored decorations) and practical (commons, gardens).

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