Maison des Fossés Tanarès, Historical house in Argentan, France.

The Maison des Fossés Tanarès is a tall, narrow 15th-century house at 7 rue des Fossés-Tanarès in Argentan. Its upper two storeys show a timber-framed facade of dark red-brown vertical and diagonal beams framing pale panels with square windows, above a ground floor of grey stone blocks with thick corner quoins. A plaque above the door reads "Maison des Fossés Tanarès".

The house was built in the 15th century during the medieval period of this Norman town. It received official protection as a French historical monument in 1948.

The street name Fossés-Tanarès recalls the tanning pits that once lined this part of Argentan, and the house is thought to have been a tannery in the 15th century. Its ground floor of grey stone blocks contrasts with the red-brown timber framing of the two upper storeys, a mix visible from the street.

The house stands at no. 7 rue des Fossés-Tanarès, about 100 metres south-west of the Château des Ducs in Argentan. It is a private building viewed from the street: the timber-framed upper storeys, the grey stone ground floor and the plaque reading "Maison des Fossés Tanarès" above the door are all visible from the pavement.

The building's name refers to the rue des Fossés-Tanarès, where it stands at number 7, about 100 metres south-west of the Château des Ducs. The street name recalls the Tanarès ditches, and the house itself is only described in the sources as possibly a former tannery, so no tanning equipment or traces are documented. Look instead at the plaque reading "Maison des Fossés Tanarès" above the ground-floor door.