Maison à pans de bois, 2 rue de la Tour, Timber-framed house in Clamecy, France

The house at Rue de la Tour in Clamecy features a timber-frame facade with exposed wooden beams and structural elements. Inside, a stone spiral staircase connects the floors and enables vertical circulation through the building.

Built in the 16th century, the house was owned in the 19th century by the Surugues family of typographers, then by the Forestier and Lachat families, notaries' clerks. Its timber facade was covered with render from the 17th to the 19th century; later restoration exposed the beams again. The facades and roof were listed as monuments historiques by decree of 31 May 1927.

The house is named Maison Stengel, after the family that owned it before the heritage services gave it this label in the 1990s. Its carved head at the end of a beam is a detail to look for on the timber facade. In the early 20th century it housed Edmond Satin's music instrument shop and his EDSA postcard publishing business.

The building sits on the south side of Saint Martin Collegiate Church and is within easy walking distance of other historical structures in central Clamecy. As a protected monument, the exterior can be viewed without advance booking, though the interior may have limited access.

The house is named Maison Stengel, a label given in the 1990s by heritage services after it passed to the Stengel family. Before that, in the early 20th century, it housed Edmond Satin's music instrument shop; he also published postcards under the EDSA brand and was a well-known Clamecy figure.