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Hôtel Gouin, dit aussi hôtel Barguin

Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Hôtel (cad. DZ 37) : classement par arrêté du 7 août 1941
Protection dates
1941/08/07 : classé MH
Type
hôtel
Main period of construction
15e siècle
Later work
1er quart 17e siècle
Ownership
propriété du département
Address
25 rue du Commerce
Commune
Tours
Département
Indre-et-Loire
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.39527, 0.68474
Mérimée reference
PA00098170

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1592 map "Topographia Aug. Turon Ducatus et confinium Gallia Cestica ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'hôtel a été construit au 15e siècle et a été considéré à tort comme l'hôtel de Jean de Xaincoings, trésorier des finances de Charles VII. On date le remaniement exceptionnel de sa façade antérieure vers 1610 par l'ajout d'un corps central hors-oeuvre avec porche et loggia et un corps latéral à gauche. L'hôtel a appartenu au marchand René Gardette au milieu du 16e siècle. Il est passé en 1738 aux mains de la famille Gouin, qui lui a donné son nom définitif. Cet ensemble a subi de nombreuses restaurations qui ont altéré son aspect d'origine.

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The hotel was built in the 15th century and was wrongly considered to be the hotel of Jean de Xaincoings, treasurer of finances of Charles VII. The exceptional alteration of its front facade is dated around 1610 by the addition of a central projecting body with porch and loggia and a lateral body to the left. The hotel belonged to the merchant René Gardette in the middle of the 16th century. It passed in 1738 into the hands of the Gouin family, who gave it its definitive name. This ensemble has undergone numerous restorations which have altered its original appearance.

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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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