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The house located Place de la Laiterie in Angers is a composite building, built mainly in the 14th and 15th centuries, with major alterations in the 19th century. It consists of four building bodies organized around an inner courtyard accessible by a covered passageway. The materials vary according to the parts: shale for the extreme bodies, wooden panels with torchi-shaped torches for the median bodies, all based on two levels of shale. The elevations usually consist of two square floors and a high floor, with the exception of the secondary body along the Rue des Tonneliers, which has an additional height.

The schist western body, initially vaulted on one floor, was raised after the destruction of its vault to add a second square floor. The blankets, with long panels, include a gable with an overflowing farm on the square. Two out-of-date stair towers existed: one in masonry, still visible with its polygonal roof, and the other in wood, destroyed during the restorations of the 1960s. The basements, vaulted with tuffed, full-horned cradles, preserve 12th century remains, including an external roller door and traces of a cradle vault on the southern gable.

In the 15th century, the building was thoroughly redesigned, with the construction of the two mid-house bodies and out-of-work stairs. A broken arched gate then allowed access to the courtyard from the Dairy Square. At that time, the hotel may have belonged to Jehan Sabart, an Angers currency officer in 1482, a salt attic controller and mayor in 1499. His widow sold the house in 1526, described as a house with courtyards, stables, gardens and galleries. The fourth house, along the Rue des Tonneliers, was rebuilt in the 19th century.

The restoration of the 1960s removed several elements, including the 18th-century wooden gallery bordering the eastern house and the adjoining buildings invading the courtyard. Only the facades on street and courtyard, the corresponding roofs and the stair turret have been protected since a decree of 15 June 1964. The building thus illustrates the architectural evolution of Angelvin, from the Middle Ages to the modern era, through transformations linked to domestic and urban uses.

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