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The house, located in Vannes, is a 14th century building built on a corner plot, with three square floors and a high floor. It rests on a deep rocky basement and has a stone façade on the ground floor, topped by a long-paned roof. The low arched bays, decorated with mouldings and foliage capitals, are partially hidden under woodwork. Some parts of the façade could hide carved arcades.

According to the archives, the house was mentioned between 1455 and 1458 in an annuitant of the Ducal estate as belonging to Eon Bugaud. It then borders the Asnes street, where an outbuilding kitchen is also built. Research conducted during its restoration (1987-1991) reveals that it was rebuilt in the second half of the 15th century on the foundations of an older building. Marks of uplift, perhaps dating from the 17th century, suggest an elevation linked to the installation of the parliament of Brittany in Vannes.

The house has architectural features typical of primitive valve wood panels, such as a wood-brown frame and galanding corbellations. Before it was restored, it was coated and housed a shop on the ground floor. In 1958, a consolidation strengthened its structure with ground pillars. The restoration of the years 1987-1991 restored a natural polychromy for half-timbers, based on period pigments.

The north gable wall keeps a door in full hanger, partially visible in the cellar of the neighbouring building, corresponding to an exit mentioned in the archives. Stone crows discovered during the work attest to successive changes. The house, classified as Historic Monument since 1929 for its facade, illustrates the evolution of urban habitat in Brittany between the Middle Ages and the modern era.

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