Hôtel de Ville, Chartres
hôtel particulier in Chartres, France
The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, northern France, standing on Rue de la Mairie. The building was designated a monument historique by the French government in 1939.
History
The building was commissioned in its original form by the administrator to the Duchy of Chartres, Jean de Montescot in 1546. After it was badly damaged during the French Wars of Religion, Jean's son, Claude de Montescot, decided to have it rebuilt in the early 17th century. The new building would be a typical hôtel particulier with a grand portal, a grand courtyard and two ornate façades. It was designed in the neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone with brick dressings and was completed in 1614.
The layout involved a two-storey main building (with an attic) at the back of a courtyard, with a wing on either side and a grand portal at the front, facing north onto Rue de la Mairie. The central bay featured a square headed doorway with a moulded surround surmounted by a cornice and a semi-circular panel containing a bust of Henry IV supported by two angels sitting on scrolls. There was a tall cross-window on the first floor and an oriel window at attic level. The design also involved a symmetrical south-facing frontage of nine bays facing onto Rue au Lin: on this side the central bay featured a square headed doorway surmounted by a triangular pediment on the ground floor, a tall cross-window surmounted by a segmental pediment at mezzanine level, and a small bipartite window high up on the first floor.
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