Maison, 23 rue des Tonneliers, Strasbourg, Historic house in Strasbourg, France.
The house at 23 rue des Tonneliers is a timber-framed building whose street facade and staircase have been listed as monuments historiques since 1929. Its upper three levels show dark brown beams framing cream plaster panels, with diagonal and curved bracing and a row of rectangular windows on each level. Window boxes with flowering plants sit on the lowest window row, above carved wooden panels and a dark horizontal band bearing a sign reading "Oh! C'est le" beside a small bird figure.
The street facade and the staircase of this house were listed as a monument historique in 1929. The building stands at 23 rue des Tonneliers in Strasbourg, in the Bas-Rhin department. The listing covers only these two elements, not the whole house.
The street name Tonneliers refers to the coopers who made and repaired barrels in this quarter. On the facade, a carved sign reading "Oh! C'est le" beside a small bird figure marks the house for passers-by; the carved wooden panels below the windows are part of the same street-level decoration.
The house stands at 23 rue des Tonneliers, in the old centre of Strasbourg, a short walk from the cathedral. Only the street facade and the staircase are protected, and the building is a private residence, so the interior is not open. From the pavement you can read the timber-framed upper storeys and the carved panels above the ground-floor band.
The 1929 listing covers only the street facade and the staircase, not the whole building. The facade itself is timber-framed: three upper levels of dark beams framing cream plaster, with diagonal and curved bracing, rows of rectangular windows, flower boxes on the lowest row, and carved panels above a dark band. A sign reading "Oh! C'est le" sits beside a small bird figure.
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