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History

The construction would be due either to Bertrand de Saint-André (after 1465 and until 1484), judge-mage, or to his son Pierre III, also judge-mage of Carcassonne, at the time of his stay in the city (1484-1509 approximately). Between 1729 and 1780, the building was subdivided. In the 19th century, Doctor Fréjaques, then owner, notably had almost entirely rebuilt the part facing the street. Entry is made by a covered passage modernised, opening onto a courtyard. The opening of the passage has retained an old pointed arch with prismatic moulding. The entrance door opens roughly in the axis of the courtyard. Each external jamb is constituted by two square columnettes adjoined, penetrating a square pillar set on edge and surmounted by a pinnacle. The external ogee that surmounts the lintel penetrates laterally into the jambs. The rampants of this ogee are surmounted by budding crockets. Under the point, the spandrel is occupied by a flattened trefoil. The ébrasement is decorated by two columnettes, one in moulded cushion with flat sides, prismatic, the other toric, disengaged by two cavetto mouldings. These mouldings continue to the lintel. The service door, to the south of the western façade of the courtyard, was of the same period and with prismatic moulding. It has been defaced by a restoration. On the first floor, four large windows face one another. The surrounds are of the same style as the door.