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Origin and history

The house at 35 Grande-Rue in Felletin, probably an ancient medieval hotel, presents a large work potentially dating back to the 13th or 14th centuries. Its major transformations took place at the end of the 15th or at the beginning of the 16th century, with the piercing of two carefully designed windows on the façade, adorned with embossed mouldings and twin-armed lintels. These elements, typical of the Gothic-Renaissance transition, reveal a marked aesthetic concern, notably with intersected veins and prismatic bases.

In the 17th century, an interior staircase in masonry, with straight flights with core wall, replaced an anterior staircase (perhaps in frame or screws in a demolished tower). This development reflects a desire to optimize space. The façade, initially in a gable wall, was subsequently redesigned, while minor modifications in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries affected the interior panelling, the windows, and the transformation of a window into a window holder with a wrought iron balcony bearing VCF initials.

The ground floor, occupied by a trade (quickware called the Bazar in the early twentieth century), retains this commercial vocation. In 1817, the house belonged to François Chopineau Tibord. The elements protected since 1964 include the street façade and its roof, reflecting its heritage value. The building thus combines medieval traces, Renaissance decorations, and later functional adaptations, illustrating the evolution of urban dwellings in Limousin.

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