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Maison à pans de bois

Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Maison (cad. AR 120) : inscription par arrêté du 12 novembre 1926
Protection dates
1926/11/12 : inscrit MH
Type
maison
Main period of construction
14e siècle, 15e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
34 rue Voltaire ; 1 rue Jeanne d'Arc
Commune
Chinon
Département
Indre-et-Loire
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.16718, 0.23804
Mérimée reference
PA00097678

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "The Dvkedome of Turone. Touraine. Tvronensis Ducatus" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La maison s'élève à l'angle de deux rues. Construite en pans de bois, les deux façades ont été recouvertes d'ardoises par la suite. Les dispositions du rez-de-chaussée ont été transformées, de même que la toiture. D'après la tradition, sur la façade ouest se trouvait un puits avec une large margelle sur laquelle Jeanne d'Arc se serait appuyée pour descendre de cheval à son arrivée dans la ville. La margelle fut retirée vers 1862 pour être installée dans une ferme des environs, et le puits transformé pour y installer une pompe.

English translation

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The house stands at the corner of two streets. Built of timber framing, the two façades were subsequently covered with slates. The arrangements of the ground floor were altered, as was the roof. According to tradition, on the west façade there was a well with a wide curb on which Joan of Arc is said to have leaned to dismount from her horse upon her arrival in the town. The curb was removed around 1862 to be installed in a nearby farm, and the well was converted to accommodate a pump.

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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