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The house, located 3 place Henri-IV in Vannes, is an example of 16th century civil architecture, originally built in woodpan with a double plan in depth and a return square. It had two square floors under a long-paned roof, with a slight back angle on the facade to connect with the neighbouring house. Its second floor, in corbellation, formed almost a bridge with that of the house located at the other corner of the square. The original structure, although redesigned in the 20th century, preserved traces of its medieval past, as evidenced by the old postcards showing a gable on the street and side walls overlooking it.

The house occupied a site mentioned at the end of the Middle Ages (1455-1458) in the annuitant of the ducal estate, where it was described as joining the Cohue by the rear. In 1677, during the reformation, it belonged to Julienne du Bois de la Salle, widow of Jean Sonnic, who also owned another house at 5 rue Saint-Salomon, both named the Tubaut house. In the 19th century, in 1842, the teacher Jean Mitaille, the then owner, had the protruding stalls removed to align the façade, before a major reconstruction was undertaken in 1930 by Joseph Heno. This intervention radically altered the façade, the north dropper wall, the chimney and the cover, making the preservation of 16th century original elements uncertain.

The building originally included a covered courtyard, now open sky, which was adjoining the Halles de Vannes and communicated with the house of 5 rue Saint-Salomon. Although listed as a Historic Monument in 1929 for its facades and roof, the absence of an internal visit prevents the confirmation of the remaining structure of the sixteenth century. The successive transformations, including the removal of corbels and the addition of a commercial front in the 19th century, altered its original appearance, while preserving its historic location in the urban fabric of valvery.

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