Hôtel de Bardines

English translation

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History

The street façade of Beaulieu comprises three parts. At the centre, a main dwelling between two corner pavilions of square plan with pyramidal roof is adorned with a gallery above a ground floor with three bays. Behind a balustrade support rise two large columns between two pilasters joined to the lateral towers. From the volutes of composite capitals hang garland festoons of foliage orning the bare corbel. This colonnade supports an architrave and a moulded entablature supporting an attic with balusters and four urns, also adorned with garlands. This part perfectly illustrates the neo-classical architectural tendencies of the late 18th century. On the right, another two-storey building likewise stands between two towers. On the left, a vast porch, between the corner tower and a service building, is provided on the courtyard side with stone sentry boxes. The service buildings, whose courtyard façade is furnished with pavilions with curved corners, houses on the ground floor stables opening on to three arcades and, on the upper floor, dwellings. The rear elevation of the main dwelling comprises eleven bays of regular openings. Inside, the entire distribution is very particular. Numerous secondary staircases and differences in levels show that the arrangements date from different periods. The building was constructed between 1782-1789. The building housed the bishopric at the beginning of the 19th century.