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Origin and history

The Maison du Bailli de Châtillon-sur-Indre is a rectangular two-gabled building built in the 15th century. A five-paned staircase turret, adjacent to the East façade, provides access to the floors. This monument, classified among the Historical Monuments, preserves on the first floor traces of mural paintings with plant motifs, probably dating from the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries. These decorative elements suggest a post-construction occupation or renovation.

The present location would have housed constructions from the 12th century, linked to a priory dependent on the Abbey of Villeloin until the Revolution. Although the detailed history of the house remains partial, its architecture and its protected elements (facades, roofs, staircase, fireplace) testify to its heritage importance. The registration by decree of 22 November 1981 specifically covers these parts, stressing their historical and artistic value.

Located in the Indre department (Centre-Val de Loire region), Maison du Bailli illustrates the evolution of local seigneurial or administrative habitats. Its spiral staircase and fireplace on the first floor, mentioned in the legal protections, reflect the constructive techniques and lifestyle of the provincial elites in the late Middle Ages and modern times.

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