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The house of the Goix is a former mansion located in Coutarnoux, in the department of Yonne in Burgundy-Franche-Comté. Built in the third quarter of the 15th century, it served as a residence for tax prosecutors of the Isle seigneury. The building is distinguished by its medieval architecture, including an octagonal 8-metre high stair tower, pierced with heeled arcade bays. Originally, two 15th-century statues decorated the gable overlooking the street: a Saint James as a pilgrim and a Virgin with the Child, now missing.

Occupied by the same family until the Revolution, the house was sold as a national property in 1794. It was completely restored and today remains a private property. Its spiral staircase, contained in a polygonal tower topped by a pepperpot, as well as its facades and roofs, have been protected since 1999 by an inscription to historical monuments. The house body, organized in two square pieces per level, reflects the Burgundian civil architecture of the late Middle Ages.

The house of the Goix illustrates the heritage of the seigneurial officers in Burgundy, where these residences mixed administrative functions and religious symbols. The original statues, typical of the popular devotion of the 15th century, underline the social and spiritual role of these local elites. Their disappearance in the 19th century reflects the transformations suffered by the medieval building over the centuries.

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