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The Roches Manor House, located in Montrichard Val de Cher, is a historic monument dating from the first half of the 16th century. It is a manor with a side of a hillside, whose southern facade has a protruding polygonal tower. This tower houses a stone screw and is decorated with medallions above the access door, framed with Renaissance pilasters. These architectural details, as well as the ground cords highlighting the floors, reflect the artistic influence of the French Renaissance.

The facade of the mansion also includes typical elements of this period, such as a window on the first floor framed with Renaissance pilasters and a cochère door in basket handle on the ground floor. This door gives access to a corridor leading to the cellars dug in the hillside, illustrating a functional adaptation to the terrain relief. The manor house was partially protected by an order of 22 October 1971, which included its facades and roofs in the inventory of Historic Monuments.

Although the sources do not specify the sponsors or historical occupants of the mansion, its architecture suggests a construction intended for a local elite, probably linked to the economic and cultural development of the region under Francis I. The location in Bourré, near Montrichard Val de Cher, places this monument in a context of development of seigneurial or bourgeois residences in the Loire Valley, an area marked by the presence of many Renaissance castles and manor houses.

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