Maison de Denis Papin à Blois, Historic residence in Blois, France.

The Maison de Denis Papin, or hôtel de Villebresme, occupies two buildings on either side of Rue Pierre-de-Blois in Blois. A timber footbridge links them at first-floor level, its faces pierced by mullioned windows shaped like a Latin cross. The south building has an overhanging timber-framed upper floor joined to the gallery, and small carved acrobats sit on the bridge consoles.

Built in the late 15th century in the Gothic style for a member of the Villebresme family, owners of the Château de Fougères-sur-Bièvre, one of whom served as secretary to Marie de Clèves, mother of Louis XII. The name "Maison de Denis Papin" only appeared in tourist guides in the 1900s, and it is uncertain whether Papin ever lived there. It was inscribed as a Monument historique on 28 December 1928 and remains a private property.

The name "Maison de Denis Papin" only appeared in tourist guides in the 1900s, and it is not certain that the scientist ever lived here. The building is more accurately the hôtel de Villebresme, built for a member of that family, owners of the château de Fougères-sur-Bièvre, one of whom served as secretary to Marie de Clèves, mother of Louis XII.

The house stands at the top of Rue Pierre-de-Blois, and its two parts face each other across the street, so the timber gallery and the X-patterned passage are seen from the public roadway. It is a private property and cannot be entered; viewing is from outside only.

On the consoles of the wooden footbridge, look for small carved acrobats; at the end of the sablière, the horizontal beam on the south facade, a carved engoulant is visible. The bridge also has a mullioned window shaped like a Latin cross on each face.