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Origin and history

The log house on 10 Rue François-Ier in Courmemin, classified as a Historic Monument in 2004, dates from the late 15th or early 16th century. Its construction of cross-wood panels of Saint Andrew, filled with bricks arranged in fern leaves, illustrates the architectural techniques of the period. The presence of a gallery on the courtyard side and an awning on the street side suggests a commercial vocation, probably linked to the economic recovery after the Hundred Years War.

The building retains original elements such as stone chimneys and upper storeys. Its partially disappeared staircase bears witness to a vertical circulation typical of the bourgeois or merchant houses of the Renaissance. The facade on the street side still shows traces of awning, reinforcing the hypothesis of a commercial or craft activity.

Filed entirely by order of 1 July 2004, this house is a rare example of late medieval civil architecture in Loir-et-Cher. Its location in Courmemin, near Blois, and its state of conservation make it a remarkable heritage of the Centre-Val de Loire region. The fern leaf bricks and the crosses of Saint Andrew make it a geometric ornamentation model of the era.

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