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Bourgueil's house is a characteristic example of 18th century bourgeois architecture. Ranked as a Historic Monument, it stands out with a facade decorated with a cartridge representing a square and a compass, symbols attesting that it once housed a master mason. The central door in basket handle, the flat frames of the openings and the molded cornice underline its classic style sober but elegant, typical of the urban homes of this period.

The structure of the house reveals a spatial organization peculiar to the bourgeois dwellings of the period. A horizontal banner visually separates the ground floor from the floor, while the elements protected since 1964 (facades and roofs) testify to its heritage value. Its precise address, 39 rue Alain-Chartier, and its inscription in the general inventory (code Insee 37031) confirm its anchoring in the historical fabric of Bourgueil, in Indre-et-Loire.

The building also illustrates the social role of master masons in the 18th century, often both artisans and small owners. Their residence, although modest compared to private hotels, reflected their intermediate status in the urban hierarchy. The Creative Commons license of the associated photo and the approximate location (level 5/10) recall the challenges of preserving and documenting secondary monuments, less publicized but essential to local memory.

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