Hôpital de Grammont

English translation

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History

Located at the north-eastern exit of the town, outside the limits of the former urban enclosure now disappeared, the private hospital of Villersexel was built between 1753 and 1771 at the initiative and expense of Ferdinand de Grammont, lord of Villersexel, to care for the poor. The plans were drawn up by the famous architect Nicolas Nicole. The ensemble then comprised a building of rectangular plan enlivened by a central avant-corps on each of the long sides, between a courtyard flanked by an almshouse to the east and a barn to the west; and a garden towards the town. From the 18th century, the building was completed by characteristic furnishings which largely survive, and are classified among historic monuments. In 1893, a Neo-Gothic chapel was built against the north avant-corps, according to plans by Parisian architect Eugène Gustave Edmond Danjoy, who also designed the new château of Villersexel. Currently a retirement home, the Grammont hospital has undergone substantial transformations in its surroundings with the construction of numerous auxiliary buildings. Despite this, and abusive restorations (render for example), it remains a fairly well-documented work by one of the most important Comtois architects of the 18th century, which preserves an ensemble of furnishings and notably a pharmacy classified among historic monuments.