Immeuble Bargoin

English translation

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History

Building constructed for the pharmacist botanist Bargoin, by the architect Tachet. Two successive quadrangular main dwellings are separated by a central interior courtyard bordered laterally by former garages and outbuildings. A covered entrance passage connects the street to the interior courtyard, serving the stairwell of the street-facing wing. To the right of the covered entrance passage is found the suspended spiral staircase, which houses a curious small gatehouse with sculpted fins, pinnacles and pediment, an element that could shelter a cellar access or broom closet. On the street facade, two Corinthian columns supporting an entablature with interlace frieze flank the door. The central bay of the first floor is likewise framed by composite columns supporting a arched pediment. All windows and French doors of the lateral bays of the first two floors are topped with cornices resting on consoles with volutes, characteristic of Clermont constructions of this period. The covered entrance passage is entirely furnished with stucco integrated into a classical architecture. This classical arrangement is found again in the stairwell vestibule. This building constitutes the most accomplished example of Tachet's art. It unites the synthesis of all his decorative and stylistic recipes.