Villa des Morelles

English translation

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History

Park planted in 1852. Villa built in 1872-1878, at the request of the de Combes family, magistrates in Riom, by architect Vianne, in the proximity of the former castle. Building of centred plan with two lateral polygonal avant-corps on the east facade. On the facade, horseshoe staircase with openwork balustrade, covered with a zinc awning added to protect the ladies' toilets on rainy days. The interior comprises a raised ground floor, a noble floor and an attic floor. The small and large drawing rooms form neo-18th-century state rooms with marble fireplaces, stucco rosette ceilings and overdoors, Lyon tapestries. The dining room is a panelled room with a 17th-century imported sculpted wood fireplace, and stucco overdoors representing hunting trophies. The building gives a faithful image of the daily life of a bourgeois family in the countryside during the 19th century.