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The canonial house of Cunault, located in Angers, is a hotel between courtyard and garden, built mainly in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This historic monument consists of a large body of houses perpendicular to the street, extended by communes, a gallery, a cabinet and an oratory. The dominant materials are the shale for walls and tuft for facades on garden and architectural elements such as the tower of stairs in screws. Covers, with long strips and gables discovered, as well as late reshuffles, reflect the stylistic evolutions of each era.

The origin of the site dates back to 1415, where a house of the priory of Cunault is cited, probably only basements. Sold in the 15th century in the cathedral chapter, it is integrated into the canonical house Saint-Maurille. The two houses and the stair tower date from the second half of the 15th century, while the galleries, the entrance body and the renovations of the communes were made in the 16th century, notably by Jean Delespine for the canon Jean de Brérond. A well, built in 1591, and modifications in the 18th century (gate, cochère doors) complete this chronology.

In the 19th century, major changes partially altered the anterior facade and modernized the interiors (living room, dining room) with panels and fireplaces. The staircase tower was restored after 1966. Ranked a Historic Monument in 1968, the canonical house retains protected elements such as the garden porch, the North Pavilion and the well. Its architecture illustrates the evolution of canonical houses, between religious functions and residential adaptations.

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