Hôtel André ou Hôtel de Brueys

English translation

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History

This building was almost entirely reconstructed in 1779. There remain a few vestiges of the old buildings and the general layout has been preserved. The façade, the colonnade on the courtyard and the staircase with its railing date from the reconstruction; the vaulted gallery, on the rear courtyard, from 1717; the rare older vestiges date to the 17th century. There are no apparent remains of 16th-century construction. The composition of the street façade is balanced by two lateral projections. This door gives access to a vestibule, vaulted with a groin vault. On either side of this vestibule open rectangular doors, ornamented with console keystones, bearing garlands. The vestibule opens onto the courtyard, separated from the staircase by a peristyle of four columns; two coupled columns in the middle and one column at each end. Opposite this column, that is to the east of the courtyard, opens a wide passage vaulted with a groin vault onto which open rectangular doors with crossettes, with leaves having small panels. The stairwell rises between the courtyard and the first vestibule. The start is made against a pilaster with a large sculpted capital. The railing consists of small panels constituted by straight bars, terminated at top and bottom by scrolls, and linked two by two by a strong tie-bar. The upper frame is separated from the handrail by a continuous Greek fret. At the first-floor landing, this uniform composition is interrupted by a motif. Inside, the apartments in enfilade are still in place with their decorations.