Brive-la-Gaillarde : Jumilhac Hotel

This hotel is one of the eighteen urban hotels recognized in the center of the city. It was built in 1664, according to Louis de Nussac, by a man named Bachellerie de Neuvillars, a rich merchant and consul of Brive-la-Gaillarde. It is called the Hôtel de Jumilhac following the marriage in 1691 of Guillemette de Bachellerie, the daughter of the consul, with Jean-Baptiste Chapelle de Jumilhac, count of Saint-Jean-Ligoure, who was a lieutenant at the presidial of Limoges. The old service buildings, which encroached on the layout of the future rue Carnot, were demolished to allow town planning work in the 19th and 20th centuries in Brive-la-Gaillarde, and were replaced in 1894 by a building located at the corner of rue Carnot and rue Maillard. This building has since undergone modifications, but it retains a beautiful classic facade on the street. In addition, the type of staircase present in the Hôtel de Jumilhac, large, is very representative of the stairs built in the 17th century in the houses of nobles or notables, as well as in certain religious buildings, both in the city and in the periphery, replacing the staircase in medieval screw. Currently, there are only three examples of this type of staircase from the 17th century in the city.