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Institution Saint-Gabriel

Châtellerault, Vienne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
La façade sur la rue et les toitures (cad. CW 279) : inscription par arrêté du 21 octobre 2004
Protection dates
2004/10/21 : inscrit MH
Type
collège
Main period of construction
16e siècle
Later work
19e siècle
Ownership
propriété d'une association
Address
12 rue Sully
Commune
Châtellerault
Département
Vienne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
46.81583, 0.54156
Mérimée reference
PA86000026

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1592 map "Topographia Aug. Turon Ducatus et confinium Gallia Cestica ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Hôtel du début du 16e siècle. En 1824, l'abbé Arnaudeau, vicaire de la paroisse saint-Jacques, décide de créer des écoles chrétiennes et cède la part d'héritage lui revenant. Les immeubles de la rue Saint-Jacques et de la rue des Fronteaux sont confiés aux frères de saint-Gabriel, pour les garçons. Les bâtiments de la rue de Sully, destinés aux filles, permettent de fonder l'institution Notre-Dame, confiée aux soeurs de la Sagesse de Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre. ££L'ensemble est composé de bâtiments de différentes périodes formant un U. Le bâtiment rue de Sully date du 16e siècle, et du 19e pour les parties arrières. Ces dernières forment deux longues ailes qui donnent sur une cour. Le corps de logis comprend un rez-de-chaussée, un étage plein et un étage sous combles couvert en ardoises, percé de vastes lucarnes. La charpente est à chevrons portant ferme. La façade arrière a perdu ses caractéristiques d'origine. La tour carrée qui abrite un escalier en vis a conservé des éléments de la première Renaissance. Les baies du rez-de-chaussée présentent des menuiseries du début du 18e siècle.

English translation

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Hôtel of the early 16th century. In 1824, abbé Arnaudeau, vicar of the parish of Saint-Jacques, decides to establish Christian schools and cedes his share of the inheritance. The buildings on rue Saint-Jacques and rue des Fronteaux are entrusted to the brothers of Saint-Gabriel, for boys. The buildings on rue de Sully, intended for girls, make it possible to establish the institution Notre-Dame, entrusted to the sisters of Wisdom of Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre. The complex is composed of buildings of different periods forming a U. The building on rue de Sully dates from the 16th century, and from the 19th for the rear sections. These latter form two long wings which overlook a courtyard. The main dwelling comprises a ground floor, a full storey and a storey under roof space covered in slates, pierced by vast dormers. The roof structure is chevrons bearing frames. The rear façade has lost its original characteristics. The square tower which houses a spiral staircase has preserved elements of the early Renaissance. The openings of the ground floor have early 18th-century joinery.

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Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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