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The chérizy mansion, originally named from the Pavillon, is a building located in Joué-lès-Tours, in the department of Indre-et-Loire. Built in two distinct phases, it combines a 15th-century house body with an 18th-century extension, reproduced in the same way. The separation between these two parts is marked by a rounding in the centre of the roof. Originally, a screwed staircase tower, now disappeared, linked the floors; It was replaced in the 18th century by a straight wooden staircase, surrounded by wooden panels on the first floor.

The facades and openings were redesigned in the 18th century, while a barn perpendicular to the mansion, with a stone tower projecting on the wall of the enclosure, completes the whole. The building adopted its current name, Chérizy, only in 1940. On June 5, 1972, the manor house was listed as a historic monument, protecting its facades, roofs and the barn turret. Its official address, 9 rue de Chérizy, confirms its anchoring in the local heritage of Joué-lès-Tours.

The structure reflects architectural changes between the Middle Ages and the modern era, with lost defensive elements (scaling tower) and functional additions (wood staircase). The site also illustrates the transformations of rural manor houses, often adapted to the residential and agricultural needs of the following centuries. No information is available on any historical owners or sponsors, or on a specific vocation (defensive, seigneurial, etc.) before the 20th century.

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