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Immeuble

Bourges, Cher, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Les façades et les toitures (cad. IO 535) : inscription par arrêté du 16 février 1968
Protection dates
1968/02/16 : inscrit MH
Type
immeuble
Main period of construction
2e moitié 15e siècle
Ownership
propriété d'une société privée
Address
1 rue des Arènes ; place Planchat ; 23 rue du Commerce
Commune
Bourges
Département
Cher
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.08558, 2.39344
Mérimée reference
PA00096691

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1707 map "La Province de Berry. La Generalite de Bourges." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Cet immeuble a probablement été construit après l'incendie de 1487. La boutique était éclairée sur deux rues. Il ne possédait pas de couloir d'accès à la cour et l'escalier partait directement de la place. La salle du trésor était adossée au mur mitoyen, voûtée en berceau et communiquait avec la chambre du rez-de-chaussée. La vis en pierre dessert les étages supérieurs. Autrefois, elle desservait la cave. Elle se termine par un pigeonnier occupant le comble de la tourelle. Un pan de bois devait exister en façade, sous l'habillage d'ardoise et en retour sur la place.

English translation

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This building was probably constructed after the fire of 1487. The shop was lit on two streets. It did not possess a corridor access to the courtyard and the staircase started directly from the square. The treasury room was backed against the party wall, barrel vaulted and communicated with the room on the ground floor. The stone spiral staircase serves the upper storeys. Formerly, it served the cellar. It ends in a dovecot occupying the roof space of the turret. Timber framing must have existed on the façade, under the slate cladding and returning onto the square.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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