Hôtel dit de Guillaume de Bernuy, ou hôtel Buet

English translation

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History

In 1536, Jean Bernuy, a pastel merchant, acquires the house and then cedes it to his eldest son, Guillaume, in 1539. In 1540 and then 1544, the latter comes to an agreement with Nicolas Bachelier to rebuild the building. During the events of 1562, the hotel suffers grave damage and is the subject of important repairs thereafter. The imposing entrance door and the windows of the façade date from the 1544 construction. The door opens between fluted columns with Doric capitals. On the pedestals, festoons are linked by rams' heads. Two small Corinthian columns stand above the others, before the mullions of the first staircase window. On the cornice, a curved pediment serves as an amortissement. The window apron is made of a high stone slab where a sculpted crown frames a coat of arms. The windows present a superposition of small columns and pilasters constituting two orders. Between the corbels develop leafy volutes terminated by grinning profiles.