Maison dit Ostel Millet

English translation

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History

Dwelling constructed and then embellished in the course of the 15th century by Guillaume (died circa 1436) and then Olivier Millet (died in 1474), officers of finance and justice of the Dukes of Bourbon at Montluçon then at Moulins, whose descendants became lieutenant-generals of the royal bailiwick of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier (Nièvre) in the 16th century. Sold in 1573 by Anthoine Millet, lord of la Chastelette, it belonged throughout the 17th century to members of the Charreton family (lords of Fujasse, of Rincey). Becoming owner in 1712, Jean-Baptiste Verrouquier de Saint-Argier had a new wing constructed to the south in the first quarter of the 18th century. New openings are pierced at the storeys around 1765-1773, at the request of Étienne de La Roche de Galmaud, cavalry lieutenant-colonel, or his widow Marie d'Assy de Viersat. An extension was also carried out to the east, at an undetermined date. Subject to alignment requirements, the façade facing onto the rue Notre-Dame is rebuilt in neogothic style, in the mid-19th century, at the initiative of the notary François Augustin Grozieux de Laplaine who had placed at the noble storey, in central position, a statue of Saint Francis of Sales in terracotta, in a niche surmounted by a canopy of reused flamboyant gothic style. The denomination of "maison des Condé", retained in 1928, is without foundation. [Montluçon, les hôtels nobles, XVe-XVIIIe siècles, 2006, p. 102-105]. The neogothic openings on the ground floor of the façade on the rue Notre-Dame were made in 1998, with the exception of the entrance door, surmounted by a leather shield-panel of carved work from the 17th century. The façade on the courtyard, rue de la Charité, preserves a staircase turret adorned with gothic decoration (door surround with ogee arch, pinnacles, shield and escutcheon surmounted by an opening with balustrade carved as a Saint Andrew's cross). Inside, a stone spiral staircase with vaulted crown distributes apartments decorated in the 18th and 19th centuries.