5.CLERMONT-FERRAND (Puy-de-Dôme) – Hôtel de la Chanterie
The Hotel de la Chanterie is one of the most remarkable and ancient medieval mansions of Montferrand, retaining a façade with refined piercing and rare painted interior decorations.
- XIIe, XIIIe, XVe in XIXe centuries -
Historic Monuments Registration October 6, 2022 unclassified parts of the hotel de la Chanterie
other protection: classification of the 15th century facade and chimney of the house located 2 and 4 rue Montorcier.
© C.RAFLIN DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The hotel called de la Chanterie was built in the new neighborhood that developed from the end of the
12th century between the new fortified town, created in the middle of this century, and the circular enclosure of the comtal castle. It is close to two other quality houses built in the same period, the house of Adam and Eve and the house of the Elephant.
If its history is unclear - notably that related to the singing of the nearby church - the analysis of its building suggests a construction in two phases: in the second half of the twelfth century, are built the cellars and the ground floorIn the second half of the thirteenth century, the construction of a floor probably corresponds to a new use, that of private dwellings. Later, at the end of the fifteenth century, the closing of the arcades on the ground floor, replaced by windows, and various interior fittings correspond to an occupation as a mansion by a family of notables (the Thiolier, merchants and consuls). In the following centuries, the changing of the levels, with new boreholes and floors intersecting the floor bays, transformed the main facade into a facade-screen.
This facade on Montorcier Street is built of fitted Volvic stone and has on the first level walled arched arcades housing mullioned bays and a door.
Upstairs, four twin bays, two of which have recently been restored, have a tympanum pierced with quadrilobed roses and divided into two arches falling on thin columns. Inside, a spiral staircase leads to the east floors, which do not communicate with the west part, itself served by a straight staircase.
Besides the large vaulted cellars opening onto the rear courtyard, the most remarkable room is the large room on the ground floor. It features a monumental Gothic fireplace decorated with the Thiolier coat of arms. Soundings on the walls and chimney revealed painted decorations also from the late 15th century (geometrically patterned friezes), as well as modern-day drawings (sundial, face, etc.).
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