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Origin and history

The house located at 26 rue du Docteur-Jean-Blanchard in Uzès is a building of ancient origin, profoundly renovated in the 18th century. This period marked the building by the addition of remarkable decorative elements, including wrought ironwork. The entrance door, topped by a curved lintel, has a forged iron imposte adorned with a reamping of intertwined volutes surrounding a circular central medallion. The latter contains a monogram, while a cast copper leonin mask decorates the right vantail. The shoulders of the door are chiseled with geometric and vegetal motifs, such as guillochures and rinceaux.

Inside the house reveals a vestibule leading to a staircase composed of two straight flights connected by a rotating flight. The wrought iron ramp, divided into large straight or rotating panels, alternates between balusters and vertical bars. Each central panel has a stylized five-petal dissymmetric flower attached to a C-shaped volute. These elements, as well as the copper bumper of the door, were protected by an inscription to the Historical Monuments on June 2, 1954, highlighting their outstanding heritage value.

The location of the house, in the historic centre of Uzès, reflects the architectural importance of the mansions and bourgeois houses of this time in Languedoc. These buildings showed the social status of their owners, often linked to the commercial, craft or administrative activities of the region. The work of wrought iron, particularly elaborated here, illustrates the know-how of local artisans and the influence of 18th-century decorative styles, blending classicism and residual Baroque ornaments.

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