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Jeu de paume

Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
L'ancien Jeu de Paume situé 10, rue du Jeu-de-Paume en totalité, tel qu'il est délimité par un trait rouge sur le plan annexé à l'arrêté (cad. AS 295) : inscription par arrêté du 29 décembre 2015
Protection dates
2015/12/29 : inscrit MH
Type
jeu de paume
Main period of construction
16e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
rue du Jeu de paume
Commune
Chinon
Département
Indre-et-Loire
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.16624, 0.24211
Mérimée reference
PA37000037

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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

L'ancien jeu de paume de Chinon est l'une des plus anciennes salles conservées de ce jeu qui eut un succès qu'on n'imagine plus en France. Le bâtiment, dont la charpente a probablement été mise en place en 1587, a connu plusieurs affectations et subi de nombreuses altérations structurelles depuis son édification. Mais le souvenir de sa destination d'origine a perduré. Le Comité français de courte paume a acquis l'édifice pour le restaurer et le réutiliser. Arrêté de péril en 2019.

L'analyse typologique a conclu à l'authenticité de cette salle qui a conservé en partie des matériaux d'origine de son édification, établissant ainsi sa valeur patrimoniale.

English translation

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The former real tennis court of Chinon is one of the oldest surviving halls of this game which enjoyed a success beyond what we can now imagine in France. The building, of which the roof structure was probably put in place in 1587, has experienced several uses and suffered many structural alterations since its construction. But the memory of its original purpose has endured. The French Short Tennis Committee acquired the building to restore it and put it to new use. Dangerous structure order in 2019.

Typological analysis concluded to the authenticity of this hall which has partially retained original materials from its construction, thus establishing its heritage value.

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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