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Origin and history

The house at 28 Rue Faulconnier in Dunkirk is a historic monument dating from the 18th century, more precisely from 1755, as evidenced by its anchoring irons. It is distinguished by its brick structure, with stone door frames, a cement coating on the main facade and a padigeon on the facade overlooking the courtyard. Its roof, with long broken sections, is covered with mechanical Flemish tiles on the terrasson and slates on the break, reflecting the local construction techniques of the era.

Classified as a Historic Monument, this house saw its facade and roof on street protected by a registration order on 6 December 1988. This type of building illustrates the bourgeois or merchant domestic architecture typical of the port cities of northern France in the 18th century, where brick and stone were privileged materials for their durability and aesthetics. The presence of anchoring irons, often used to stabilize facades, is also characteristic of the constructions of this period.

The location of the house, in the department of the North (region Hauts-de-France), is part of an urban context marked by the port activity of Dunkirk. At that time, the city was an important commercial hub, and houses of this size could belong to local merchants, shipowners or notables. The architecture thus reflects both economic prosperity and adaptation to local climatic conditions, with roofs steeped to withstand the frequent weather in the region.

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