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Vannes' wooden block house is a remarkable example of Breton medieval civil architecture. Built on a "lined" corner plot, it features two square, corbelled floors, topped by a top floor. Its base rests on poles of wood of strong section, placed on stone dais, with a granite corner pile. The structure of the facade uses crosses of Saint-André and superimposed spacers, characteristic of the construction techniques of the period. The roof, high and with two gables, marks the intersection of the two streets at right angles.

Mentioned in 1455-1458 in the annuitant ducal estate as belonging to Alain Bernard, this house was previously owned by Alain Le Lamet and Henry de Coetquirintin. The archives of the 1677 reformation indicate that it then belonged to Christophe Le Gouvello, Sieur de Ménimur, heir to Julien Le Gouvello and Jacquette Cillart. On that date, the house was divided between Le Gouvello and the cathedral chapter, the latter having a quarter. Its inscription as Monument Historique in 1929 protects its facades and roof, witness to five centuries of urban history in the region.

The building illustrates the evolution of noble and bourgeois properties in Brittany, passing into the hands of influential families such as the Gouvello or the Cillart. Its architecture, combining wood and stone, reflects both the technical constraints of the time and the social status of its successive owners. The mention in the ducal anntiers underlines its economic and symbolic importance in the Vannes from the 15th to the 17th century.

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