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Maison

Bourges, Cher, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façade et toiture sur rue ; puits dans la cour (cad. HX 96) : inscription par arrêté du 10 janvier 1928
Protection dates
1928/01/10 : inscrit MH
Type
maison
Main period of construction
16e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
5 rue Bourbonnoux
Commune
Bourges
Département
Cher
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.08539, 2.39855
Mérimée reference
PA00096698

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1761 map "10 Bourges." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Maison construite par Jean du Chièvre, échevin de Bourges. Le rez-de-chaussée comporte une boutique sous une arcade surbaissée, puis une porte donnant sur un couloir éclairé par une baie à meneau. Le second étage a conservé sa croisée et le comble sa lucarne à pilastres et fronton. Des pilastres à chapiteaux ioniques limitent les travées du rez-de-chaussée. La cour conserve des ouvertures anciennes et un puits couvert portant l'écu aux armes de Jean du Chièvre.

English translation

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House constructed by Jean du Chièvre, alderman of Bourges. The ground floor comprises a shop under a depressed arcade, then a door giving on to a corridor lit by a mullioned opening. The second floor has retained its cross-window and the roof space its dormer with pilasters and pediment. Pilasters with Ionic capitals limit the bays of the ground floor. The courtyard retains old openings and a covered well bearing the shield with the arms of Jean du Chièvre.

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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