The Rural House
Traditionally French, the rural house becomes a city house. You can find them here and there throughout the district, each an original with dormer windows, slanted roof and long galleries.

The town house and terrace
The townhouse and terrace came to be around the middle of the XIXth century (1840-1870). These houses are inspired by the English and Scottish models. They are row houses, adjacent to each other and separated by a party wall.

The townhouse is a single family dwelling with rooms on 2, 3 or 4 storeys. The terrace is a serie of townhouses presenting one architectural unit. It regroups at least three houses and formsan homogenous unit. These buildings have either a pitched roof with dormer windows, an attic or false attic or a flat roof with cornices. The facades, in cut grey stone and with great sobriety, are adorned with a porch or an awning with neo-classical pediments over a few arches. You can find an example of a terrace on Cherrier street.

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