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Maison dite Hôtel de la Chambre des Comptes

Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façade et toiture sur cour : inscription par arrêté du 25 février 1948
Protection dates
1948/02/25 : inscrit MH
Type
cour des comptes, hôtel
Main period of construction
16e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
7 rue de la Renarderie
Commune
Vendôme
Département
Loir-et-Cher
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.79130, 1.06631
Mérimée reference
PA00098644

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1760 map "28 Vendome." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Ancienne chambre des comptes dont la juridiction fut supprimée en 1712. L'édifice fut alors transformé en habitation. La façade sur cour fut restaurée et ornée de sculptures modernes. Le bâtiment en retour à gauche de la cour, dont les étages supérieurs étaient en colombage et comportaient, au second, une galerie ouverte, fut réduit à un rez-de-chaussée. La façade sur cour a conservé son aspect du 16e siècle. Dans le comble, deux lucarnes Renaissance avec fronton surmonté d'un motif sculpté. Pilastres à chapiteaux sculptés de chaque côté des fenêtres.

English translation

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Former Chamber of Accounts whose jurisdiction was suppressed in 1712. The building was then converted into a dwelling. The courtyard façade was restored and adorned with modern sculptures. The building returning to the left of the courtyard, whose upper storeys were timber-framed and comprised, on the second, an open gallery, was reduced to a ground floor. The courtyard façade has retained its 16th century appearance. In the roof space, two Renaissance dormers with pediment surmounted by a sculptured motif. Pilasters with sculptured capitals on each side of the windows.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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