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This house, built in Felletin on the edge of the 15th and 16th centuries, features a civil architecture characteristic of the late medieval period. Its facade retains notable elements such as a mulled cord on the first floor, two broken arched doors on the ground floor surmounted by stone crows, and a corner niche adorned with a radiant warhead dais. The presence of a spiral staircase in a side tower and a monumental fireplace on the ground floor testify to its past importance.

Originally probably a deeper corner house, the building underwent major renovations, notably in the seventeenth century with the addition of the tower and roof modifications. Part east was demolished after 1817, reducing its initial depth. The corner niche, classified as a Historical Monument in 1963, is particularly remarkable: it houses a carved cap representing a busted figure with curly hair, surmounted by a trilobed arched dais and a pinacle decorated with leaves.

The interior preserves traces of its domestic use, such as a first-stage sink niche incorporated into an old walled bay, with a flow overlooking a venison. The house occupied a strategic position near the local priory, suggesting a high social status for its successive occupants. Its oriental elevation, entirely redone, preserves only two remains of the original structure: a crow and a bay pedestal.

In 1817, the building belonged to Joseph Conseil, a merchant, when it was partially truncated. The windows on the second floor and some side bays are recent additions, while the quadrangular apparatus of the facade and the prominent crows recall its medieval appearance. The house illustrates the architectural evolution of urban dwellings in Limousin, between Gothic heritage and adaptations of modern times.

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