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Origin and history

The house, located in Besançon in the Doubs department, is an example of 17th and 18th century civil architecture. The main house, partially built in the early eighteenth century, preserves bays dating from the sixteenth century. Its access is via a cochère driveway on the Grande Rue side and a pedestrian walkway on the Rue des Martelots side, crossing the urban island. The building combines cut stone, coated bellows and wooden panels, with a ramp staircase on ramp in a wooden cage.

The L-shaped secondary house, located at the bottom of the first court, probably dates from the 3rd quarter of the 18th century, according to berry analysis. A small log in wood, present from the cadastre of 1833, completes the whole. In the 19th century, the main house was raised from one floor, and its 16th century windows were enlarged. A wooden staircase, distributing this house, was also added against a facade on courtyard. To the right of the cochère driveway, the ground floor on street was transformed into a shop between the 19th and 20th centuries.

The house belonged in the 18th century to the Guillemin de Vaivre family, a notable family of Besançon. The secondary home was rehabilitated at the end of the 20th century. The street façade has been protected since 1937 by an inscription to the Historic Monuments, demonstrating its heritage interest. The building illustrates the architectural and urban evolutions of Besançon, between the Middle Ages and the modern era.

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