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This 16th century house, located on 8 rue d'Anjou in La Guerche-de-Bretagne, is distinguished by its three-span porch, one of which is wider, decorated with triglyphs and shields imitating an ancient architectural style. The central poles, decorated on their four sides, recall the motifs of the nearby houses (n°10 and 12). Originally, the porch extended to 10 rue d'Anjou via a wood-pan structure that is now extinct. The facade, once coated, revealed sculpted pigeâtres on the floor on an old postcard, elements absent today.

The building, composed of two adjoining houses, has a complex structure: the first, with a span, and the second, with two spans, share a wooden floor under a croup roof. Built in microdiorite stone at the back and in front half-timbers, this house has undergone major overhauls, including the inversion of its girdle, masking its dual origin (two gable wall structures combined). Despite these modifications, its dating is contemporary of neighbouring houses, between the 16th and 17th centuries.

Classified as a Historical Monument in 1948 for its facades, roofs and chimney stumps, this house illustrates the Breton civil architecture of the Renaissance. Its porch, 2.70 m deep, and its carved decorations (triglyphs, shields) testify to an ancient influence rare in the region. Current coatings, painted in false half-timbers, partially hides its constructive history, revealed by the studies of the Inventory (2004, 2019).

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