Hôtel Deheurles, Renaissance townhouse in Troyes, France

The Hôtel Deheurles is a Renaissance townhouse on rue de la Monnaie in Troyes, built of stone and brick. Its brick and pale stone facade alternates brick panels with stone quoins and window surrounds, with two storeys of tall windows each carrying a small iron balcony, and an arched carved stone doorway with a small oval medallion. A stone tower rises in the interior courtyard, blending into brick as it goes up.

Jean Deheurles, a magistrate and lieutenant of the provost in Troyes, commissioned the hôtel particulier around 1544; the facade cartouche reads 1545. It was confiscated as émigré property during the Revolution, and Bourgouin fils bought it for 413,000 francs on 24 nivôse An VIII. It has been listed as a monument historique since 1926.

The carved cartouches are not on the street facade but in the interior courtyard, where they bear the date 1545 and the names J. Deheurles, P. Berthiers, his son-in-law, and, on the right, Le Virlois. The courtyard also holds a stone tower that turns to brick as it rises.

The house stands at 34 rue de la Monnaie, its brick and stone facade facing the street; the inner courtyard with its stone-and-brick tower is not visible from outside. The building is privately occupied, so visits are limited to the exterior. Look for the carved cartouches on the street facade.

The building preserves carved inscriptions from 1545 naming J. Deheurles, P. Berthiers, and Le Virlois, offering direct evidence of the original owners. These carvings provide rare documentary clues about who lived there during that era.