Maison dite de la reine Margot

English translation

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History

House of four storeys comprising, inside, a main spiral staircase which terminates in a vault arrangement composed of projecting ribs departing from the core of the staircase and terminating at the angles of a hexagonal plan. A concentric circular lierne at the core, unites these ribs with radius joining it to the middle of the side of the hexagon to form compartments. A small secondary staircase, supported on corbelling, departs from the second storey to allow access to the roof space. On the exterior, the house has, at ground level, two pointed arch doors and the beginnings of basket-handle arch arcades of an old shop, arcades cut to make room for a modern shopfront. The storeys still preserve windows from the 15th century, the largest of which still has the beginnings of its tracery. The staircase turret projects onto the street. The main façade of this turret opens at ground level by the door with pointed arch and jambs ornamented with prismatic mouldings. The lintel is also moulded with a prismatic cord and surmounted by a tympanum sculptured with a shield. An archivolte forming drip moulding surmounts the pointed arch.