Toulouse : Former Hôtel de Boysson
Haute-GaronneReference
PA00094538
Latitude
43.60213702
Longitude
1.44199848
Address
13 Rue Sainte Ursule 31000 Toulouse
Construction era
1er quart 16e siècle;1er quart 17e siècle
Protection date
1980/09/25 : inscrit MH
Protection cause
Tour des Ursulines ou tour Sainte-Ursule (cad. AB 485) : inscription par arrêté du 25 septembre 1980
Description
The tower was built by Capitoul Jean Boysson. The lower part probably dates back to 1515, while the rest was most certainly modified in 1605 by the Councilor of Parliament Arnaud de Bouret, who offered it to the Ursulines in 1608. The upper two -thirds of the tower reflect the architecture of the time of Henri IV, with its white stone frame windows on the background of red bricks, as well as the troop in the shape of a turret green earthenware. The top of the tower is decorated with small brick arcades supported by trilobed consoles. A side turret made it possible to access the upper room of ogival shape with six edges.
