Hôtel de la Vieille Monnaie

English translation

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History

Charles VII had several temporary workshops opened during the Hundred Years War, including one in Orléans in 1418. This workshop operated at least until 1456, and perhaps later until 1507. A fire partially destroyed it in 1514. In 1646, Louis XIII ordered the re-establishment of a mint in Orléans. A portal of the late 17th century, in round arch with notched rustication, opens onto an interior courtyard. An abacus mitigates the spring of the arch. An open triangular pediment surmounts it, above which an additional storey was added later. On the paved courtyard, the north façade of the main dwelling with one storey and the two wings at right angles give on to it. A stone staircase with double spiral and wrought-iron railing of the 18th century, with a perron, leads to a French door. The decoration of the windows is formed of a moulding on a back-filling which joins the discontinuous and relieved chaining of the opening, as well as the key of the window forming a relief rectangle on which leans a small cornice. The dormers are surmounted by triangular pediments. The south façade must have been reworked later. At the level of the roadway open three large doors which give into the basements. Inside, a wooden staircase leads to the storey, with wrought-iron railing of the 18th century. It leads to a landing where is found the letter O evoking the letter under which the orléanais coins were struck, in which is inscribed a die of the moneyer.