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Origin and history

The house, located on Rue Saint-Nicolas in Jazeneuil, is a 15th-century, rectangular building divided into two parts by a wall of stone. These spaces once communicated through a Gothic gate, today condemned. The living area preserves remarkable architectural elements such as ground chimneys, dust bays and sled windows, testimony to its residential use.

The other half of the building, mentioned in the 19th century under the name inn to the sign of the ecu, suggests a commercial vocation or reception of travelers. This functional duality – housing and inn – reflects the common mixed uses in medieval villages. Ranked Historic Monument in 2012, the house also includes the soil of adjacent plots (G 1318, 327, 328, 329) in its protection.

Property of a community of communes, its state of conservation and its openness to the public (visits, rentals, guest rooms) are not specified in the available sources. The location, estimated a priori satisfactory (note 7/10), places the monument at 1 rue Saint-Nicolas, in the department of Vienna, in New Aquitaine.

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