Hôtel Montescot

English translation

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History

Hotel composed of a square courtyard surrounded by three ranges of buildings and closed, at the street side, by a wall pierced by a monumental door. The construction is in rubble stone with render, stones and decorative elements in brick. High roof spaces decorated with spire stones and dormers crown the second storey. In the axis of each side of building open richly decorated doors. Behind the door of the central building rises a double-flight staircase covered with a barrel vault of bricks and stones. Built in the early 17th century, the hotel became a convent of the Ursulines in 1625, then an orphanage in 1762 and finally a town hall. It presents an excellent example of provincial architecture of the 17th century.