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The house at 12 Parmentier Street in Villeneuve-sur-Lot is a typical example of late medieval civil architecture dating back to the 15th century. It is distinguished by its ground floor in thick brick, while the floors and the attic are built in wood pan-de-bois with coated hurdles. The structure has a marked corbellation on the main street, supported by apparent solitives, and a high gallery integrated into the attic. The frame, of type to scratch, and the two pan-wood crosses per floor suggest a careful construction, characteristic of bourgeois or artisanal houses of the era.

Architectural details, such as wood carved under the support of the window and the wooden stake of the window on street, indicate an aesthetic and functional will. The ground floor, probably intended for commercial activity (boutique), contrasts with the overhanging floors, typical of half-timbered houses of the late Middle Ages. Although the ground floor can be foreground and redesigned, the decorative elements (pan-de-bois cross, glamour decoration) allow to date the construction of the second half of the sixteenth century, revealing a stylistic evolution between the two periods.

Classified as a Historical Monument since 1951 for its facades and roofs, this house illustrates the adaptation of medieval constructive techniques (brick, wood, corbelling) to the urban needs of Villeneuve-sur-Lot, a dynamic city in the South-West. Its state of conservation and its characteristics bear witness to the civil habitat between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, in a region marked by trade and crafts.

The approximate location (12 Convention Street according to GPS coordinates) and the cartographic accuracy considered "a priori satisfactory" (note 6/10) highlight the challenges of documentation of ancient monuments in the redesigned city centres. Sources, such as the Merimée and Monumentum base, confirm its registration as Historic Monuments, not to mention identified owners or sponsors.

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