Ancienne abbaye Saint-Quentin

English translation

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History

Of the Augustinian abbey of Saint-Quentin de Beauvais, founded around 1067 and which enjoyed a particularly flourishing development during the Middle Ages, only the former abbot's chapel of the 12th century, raised in the 14th century, and the gutter wall of the abbey church of the 11th century remain of the primitive constructions. As for the convent buildings, rebuilt after the fire of 1681, notable elements remain despite significant post-revolutionary alterations and reconstructions, the former abbey having become in 1824 the Hotel de la Préfecture, and housing since that date the prefectural and departmental administrative services. The remaining old regular buildings consist principally of a rectangular main dwelling block of the 18th century, built in brick and stone and comprising two storeys and a mansard roof. Part of the facades has been restored very recently. There are remains of 17th-century mural paintings in the former chapel.