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The house on the 4 Grande-Rue in Loches, in the department of Indre-et-Loire, is an old mansion dating from the 16th century. Its facades and roofs, typical of Renaissance civil architecture, were inscribed in historical monuments by decree of 27 June 1962. The house is distinguished by its superimposed windows on the first and second floors, framed with doric pilasters, as well as its ground larmies and cornices, characteristic of the era.

The main building of this house dates back to the sixteenth century, a period marked by an architectural renewal in Touraine. Although the ground floor has been largely redesigned, the decorative elements of the upper floors, such as the boxes between the windows, testify to its origin. The house is located in the perimeter protected by the medieval enclosure of Loches, at the foot of the hillside of the fortress, highlighting its integration into a historic urban fabric.

The legal protections relate specifically to the west-on-street facade (excluding the ground floor) and the corresponding roof, as the Merimée base specifies. This monument illustrates the evolution of bourgeois habitat in Touraine during the Renaissance, while preserving traces of its medieval environment. No information is available on any historic owners or sponsors, or on any particular use beyond its residential role.

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