PT: "Casa nobre de construção seiscentista, mas com existência documentada desde o séc. 16, pertencente a um vínculo com capela, construída adossada à Igreja Paroquial da vila, nas suas imediações e atualmente ainda permanecendo unidas no mesmo proprietário. A casa atual deve ter sido construída no séc. 17, conforme denotam as molduras dos vãos na fachada principal e parte da posterior, terminando em pequena cornija, enriquecida na principal, ao nível do segundo piso, com friso e cornija. Do terceiro piso, acrescentado na segunda metade do séc. 19, terminado em cornija bastante avançada para sustentação do beirado, realça-se os vãos da frontaria, com as bow-windows curvas entre pilares toscanos avançados, e caixilharia de guilhotina com vidrinhos, decoradas na guarda com almofadas e no friso superior com motivos fitomórficos; da mesma época serão os vãos das fachadas laterais com falsos brincos. A fachada posterior é mais irregular e denota vários acréscimos, destacando-se a varanda disposta de ângulo, de caráter regional, com guarda plena formando apainelados e fechada por caixilharia de guilhotina com vidrinhos e bandeira em raios. No interior, apresenta vestíbulo central e antiga cozinha com grande lareira, tendo as janelas de peitoril conversadeiras."
EN: "Noble house built in the 17th century, but with documented existence since the 17th century. 16, belonging to a link with a chapel, built adjacent to the Parish Church of the village, in its vicinity and currently still remaining united in the same owner. The current house must have been built in the 17th century. 17, as shown by the frames of the openings on the main facade and part of the back, ending in a small cornice, enriched in the main one, at the level of the second floor, with a frieze and cornice. On the third floor, added in the second half of the 19th century. 19, finished with a very advanced cornice to support the eaves, the front openings stand out, with curved bow-windows between advanced Tuscan pillars, and guillotine window frames with glass, decorated on the guard with cushions and on the upper frieze with phytomorphic motifs; from the same period will be the openings on the side facades with false earrings. The rear façade is more irregular and features several additions, notably the regionally angled veranda, with full railing forming paneled panels and closed by guillotine window frames with small glass panes and a beamed flag. Inside, it has a central vestibule and an old kitchen with a large fireplace, with conversational sill windows."
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"Chronology
16th century - the Casa de Santa Luzia of the Abreus Bacelares family owned, within the fortification of Valença, the lordship of several rustic and urban properties, among which were some small houses adjacent to Misericórdia and which were part of the so-called Casa do Poço, whose administrator had the obligation to maintain seven beds there for poor patients; 1520 - construction of a funerary chapel for the Abreus Bacelares family, called Capela das Carlas, attached to the town's Parish Church; century. 17 - probable construction of the original nucleus of Casa do Poço; 1820, 16th of May - D. João VI favored Tristão de Araújo Bacelar to be able to save the Casa do Poço, with a backyard, in the parish of Cristelo, belonging to the bond of his house in Santa Luzia; Casa do Poço only had half of its walls and it could not be rebuilt, for lack of means; the Corregidor of the Comarca informs that the house was in total ruin and that, for that reason, it could only deserve the rent of 8$000, and the yard of 2$000 in offertory; shortly afterwards the house was leased to António José Ribeiro Guimarães (father of the future 1st Baron of Urgeira); 1843, 25 January - baptism of Bento Leite Ribeiro e Silva (the future 2nd Baron of Urgeira); 1844, 26 February - birth at the house in Poço de Jerónimo Leite Ribeiro e Silva; 1846 - during Patoleia, the square of Valença, governed by the senior brigadier José Maria de Sousa, succumbed to the siege and attack by the troops of Queen D. Maria II, establishing António Pereira dos Reis, Royal Commissioner of the provinces of Trás-os-Montes and Minho, headquarters at Casa do Poço, since he is a friend and compadre of the owner; 1847 - it was there that Commissioner António Pereira dos Reis drew up plans for the organization of the National Mobile Battalion of Hunters of D. Maria II; century. 19, 2nd half - renovation of the house, namely with the addition of the third floor; 1850, September 30 - date of birth of the eldest son and heir of the Abreu Bacelar family, Tristão de Araújo de Abreu Bacelar, later District Commissioner of the Tax Police Corps at the Tobacco Factories, in Porto; 1858, August 8th - Explosion in one of the small houses occupied by the Commander and future Baron of Urgeira, which was part of the Casa do Poço, destined to store materials for tobacco and gunpowder, and others; 1859, 10 May - Baron da Urgeira and his brother gathered the annual fees imposed on various properties in the municipality of Valença, for the extinction of the Convent of Ganfei, including the estates of Campo dos Medos, Cancela, Campo de Linhares and Campo do Poço; of the latter, the last long-term tenants were António José Ribeiro Guimarães and his wife D. Bernardina Joaquina da Silva; 1869 - marriage of Tristão with D. Henriqueta Virgínia de Barros; later, he sold his inheritance, of which the capitalist António José Ribeiro Guimarães, who had lived in the house in Poço for several years, was the main buyer; on his death, the fortune was divided between his two sons, Gaspar Maria and Manuel José Leite Ribeiro e Silva, future Baron of Urgeira and Lord of Casa do Poço; he enlarged the land area of ??the house, by purchasing other neighboring plots, and made Casa do Poço his residence; 1875, April 3 - purchase and sale deed by Tristão de Araújo Abreu Bacelar and wife, D. Henriqueta Virgínia de Barros Bacelar, from Casa e Quinta de Santa Luzia to Commander Manuel Leite Ribeiro e Silva, from the village of Valença, with Jerónimo Leite Ribeiro e Silva, single, resident of the village, acting as attorney for his father, residing in Porto; Casa do Poço, with an annual fee of 10$400, was then described as an address of tall houses, with two floors with shops underneath and partly on a single floor, facing Calçada da Gaviarra (to the east and south), to the north with an alley behind Misericórdia; the entire forum and direct domain of the house were sold for 280$000; 1877, 01 April - decree of D. Luís conferring the title of Baron of Urgeira to Manuel José Leite Ribeiro e Silva; 1882, February 4th - Baron de Urgeira dies, in Valença, later buried in the Prazeres Cemetery; the widow, Maria Amélia da Silva Mello Leite Ribeiro, was advised by her nephew António Cecioso Moreira da Silva e Mello, Lord of the House and Quinta da Ermida and Registrar of Law in Porto, to divest herself of all assets, by donation to all her children, reserving for herself only the monthly pension of a tale of kings, to be paid by all the children; 1884, 19 June - letter from D. Luís granting the title of Baron to Bento Leite Ribeiro da Silva; 1887, December 5th - the eldest son writes in disagreement, knowing that she enjoyed 725$000 in monthly interest, with couples, farms, pine forests and income from more than 600 bushels of vineyard, etc.; he is also ready to settle immediately and promptly the 15$000 owed him by the commercial house Leite Ribeiro e Irmão; the baroness ended up making the donations to her children; for a while she still lived at Casa do Poço, but then she moved to Quinta da Urgeira, there dying aged 78; after the death of his father, the 2nd Baron of Urgeira, he settled in Casa do Poço and took over the management of the trading and banking house he had inherited with his brother; 1888, January 28 - death of Jerónimo Leite Ribeiro and Sylvia; century. 19, finals - the second barons of Urgeira abandoned the house, Casa do Poço passed into the possession of the Martinez and Martinez family from Galicia; 1904, June - Inauguration of Asilo Cruz, for the elderly, due to the donation of the meritorious Manuel António da Cruz, whose capital and interest on that date amounted to 15,898$910; Luís Marino Falcão being the Internal Provider at that time, he rented the house of the Baron of Urgeira for the institution of the asylum; 1905 - Casa do Poço housed 10 asylum seekers; 1919, May - deed of purchase of the house, "still with all its belongings", yard and chapel that had belonged to the Baron of Urgeira, for 3000 escudos, funds obtained through a loan between the club's members, with part being offered and the other interest-free, to be repaid by lottery and another part at low interest, to set up the Clube Recreativo Valenciano there; it was acquired through shares of 5$000 each; 1920, February - there was talk of the Club moving to the new building soon; April - it is decided to sell the carvings of the Carlas chapel, then owned by the Clube Recreativo Valenciano; May - approval of the Statutes of the Consumer Cooperative belonging to the Club; 1925, January - the club's members decided at a general meeting to sell the Casa do Poço where they were located and donate the corresponding amount with the furniture to the Humanitarian Association of Volunteer Firefighters of Valença; March - sale of the house to the doctor Dr. Ibério Nogueira, who lived there for many years; century. 20, final - sale of Casa do Poço and Capela das Carlas by the heirs of Dr. Ibério Nogueira; adaptation to guesthouse tourism."