Hôtel de Jumilhac

English translation

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History

This mansion is part of the corpus of eighteen urban mansions identified as such in the intra-muros part of the city. It was built in 1664, according to Louis de Nussac, by a certain Bachellerie de Neuvillars, wealthy merchant and consul of Brive-La-Gaillarde. The mansion is called de Jumilhac following the marriage in 1691, of Guillemette de Bachellerie, daughter of the consul, with Jean-Baptiste Chapelle de Jumilhac, count of Saint-Jean-Ligoure, lieutenant to the Présidial of Limoges. The old outbuildings, encroaching on the line of the future rue Carnot, were destroyed to allow the realisation of the urban development works, during the 19th and 20th centuries in Brive-La-Gaillarde, and replaced in 1894 by a building occupying the corner of rue Carnot and rue Maillard. Since then, it has been altered. However, it retains a remarkable classical elevation on the street. Furthermore, the type of staircase preserved in the mansion de Jumilhac, built on ample proportions, appears to be very representative of the staircases erected in the 17th century in noble or notable dwellings, also in religious edifices, in the city and on its periphery, where it replaced the medieval spiral staircase. To date, only three examples from the 17th century remain in the city.