Maison de Diane de Poitiers, Renaissance house in Étampes, France

Maison de Diane de Poitiers is a two-storey stone house at 4 rue Sainte-Croix in Étampes, with a pale tan facade and a steep dark slate roof holding dormer windows. The street front has a large round-arched wooden double door under a rectangular pediment carried by two Corinthian pilasters, and windows framed by stone mullions and transoms. Inside, a wing on the courtyard has four windows, two round-arched and two as dormers, and the arched door is flanked by two fluted Corinthian columns.

The house dates from the 16th century; a dormer window in the inner courtyard carries the inscribed date 1554, which concerns the building's decoration rather than a documented construction date. In the 19th century it was known as Hôtel Diane-de-Poitiers. It housed a museum from 1883 and a library in the 20th century, and was inscribed as a monument historique on 10 May 1926, with its Renaissance door protected separately from 19 May 1939.

The portal displays a bas-relief showing the Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles, likely created by sculptor Jean Goujon. This religious subject matter reflects the artistic values of the Renaissance period.

The house is located on Rue Sainte-Croix in Étampes and can be easily visited on foot, with the ornamental facade best viewed from street level. The carved exterior details are visible and accessible for observation from the public way.

A date inscribed 1554 appears on a dormer window in the inner courtyard, not on the street facade. The building was called Hôtel Diane-de-Poitiers only in the 19th century, and it housed a museum from 1883 and a library in the 20th century.