Maison à pans de bois près des halles

English translation

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History

This house presents an example of domestic architecture of the late 15th - early 16th century, characterized by the construction method as by the elements of mouldings and the motifs of interior wainscoting. The left part was probably altered in the 19th century. Built on a roughly square plan, the house presents façades in limestone blocks assembled with flush joints. The street façade is divided into two parts: one part with timber framing with wattle and daub filling, wooden frames protected by a covering of slates in the form of crosses and pilasters; one part pierced by a door at ground floor, a window at each storey and a dormer under the roof space. The façade facing the market halls presents a more homogeneous appearance. At ground floor, the trace of an arcading indicates that the house was used for commercial purposes. The storeys are pierced by windows with crossed mullions or simple horizontal mullion. This construction must have comprised an angle tower. A tower houses the staircase cage which begins with a straight flight up to the first floor then continues with a spiral stair. The rooms are situated to the left of this staircase. Wainscoting was applied against the timber-framed construction on the first and second floors. On the second floor, fireplace with moulded lintel and rounded jambs.