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The house located 49 rue Beaurepaire in Angers is a small hotel built in two phases, mainly in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. The building consists of two houses in square, surrounding an anterior courtyard. The structure mixes wood pan (initially heavy with torchi, replaced by briquettes during restorations) and shale for lower levels. The left part, with two square floors and also fills, contrasts with the right part, with a top floor and a gable on street. An out-of-work wooden staircase tower, housing a moulded wooden screw, marks the corner of both bodies. The blankets, with long panels and appentis, are characteristic of local architecture.

The street façade of the right body reveals 15th century jobs, brought to light during the restorations of the 1980s, including a cross-moulding bay and a schist masonry. This older part could come from a re-memberment of plots in the middle of the 16th century, the two bodies seemed to be joined without initial unity. In the 18th century, redevelopments changed the building, with the addition of street bays and fireplaces, including one decorated with a sculpted Louis XVI style decor. The restoration of the 1980s removed a shale fence wall and a small corbelling cabinet, while replacing the torchi with briquettes. The house, adjoining 49 rue Beaurepaire, was later unified with the latter in one property.

Classified as a Historical Monument since 1968 for its facades and roofs, this house illustrates the architectural evolution of the Angelvin between Renaissance and the Enlightenment. Its wood section, shale elements and carved details make it a rare testimony to the urban habitat of local elites. The property, now belonging to the commune of Angers, retains traces of its successive transformations, although some historical parts have disappeared during modern restorations.

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