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The Tannery Manor House, located in Courcelles-de-Touraine in the Indre-et-Loire department, is a 15th-century building. This building, composed of a ground floor, a floor and a top, is distinguished by its southern facade accompanied by a polygonal tower housing a wooden screw staircase. Originally, it was a fief under Château-la-Vallière, making it a historical element linked to the local feudal structure.

The main room on the first floor was equipped with a hooded fireplace, whose coat, decorated with ground consoles, bore traces of a pictorial decoration today illegible. This architectural detail bears witness to the care given to the interior ornamentation, typical of the seigneurial houses of the time. The mansion has known several owners, whose names are attested from the seventeenth century onwards, reflecting the frequent changes of hands in noble goods.

The Tannery Manor House was partially listed as historic monuments on June 1, 1948, with only the chimney on the first floor protected. This official recognition underlines its heritage importance, although limited to a specific architectural detail. The building remains a testimony of late medieval civil architecture in Touraine, an area marked by a high density of castles and manor houses.

Available sources, including Wikipedia and Monumentum, confirm its status as a historical monument and specify its address in Courcelles-de-Touraine, in the department of Indre-et-Loire. The location, noted as satisfactory, makes it possible to identify the manor house as a point of interest in the landscape architectural tourangeau, although its access and current uses are not detailed in the documents consulted.

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