Hôtel de Beauffremont, Private mansion in 7th arrondissement, France.

The Hôtel de Bauffremont stands at 87 rue de Grenelle, built from 1732 by Pierre Boscry, probably with his father Charles. Its street front is pale ochre stone: a tall arched portal with Ionic columns and a semicircular pediment, flanked by two service pavilions, the left one once holding a coach house and stables for 25 horses. The garden facade carries a rare curvilinear pediment, deliberately offset from the courtyard front to keep a relative symmetry.

Built from 1732 for Paul de Grivel de Grossouvre, Count of Orrouer, by Pierre Boscry with help from his father Charles, the house was first called Hôtel d'Orrouer. It housed the Austrian embassy from 1742 to 1745 and again from 1850 to 1861, when ambassador Richard Klemens von Metternich lived there. Sold in 1841 to the Duke of Montmorency for 300,000 francs, it passed to the Bauffremont-Courtenay family, then to Givenchy (1986-2018) and Xavier Niel in 2019. Its facades and interiors were listed on 15 May 1926.

The seven salons on the ground and first floors carry interior decoration by the sculptor and architect Nicolas Pineau. From the street, look for the courtyard facade, deliberately offset from the garden side to keep a relative symmetry; the garden front has a rare curvilinear pediment, unusual for 18th-century architecture.

The mansion is privately owned and can only be viewed from the street exterior. Visitors can admire the facades from Rue de Grenelle and observe the architectural details from that vantage point.

The 1926 listing covers not only the facades but every interior decoration, including the seven ground-floor and first-floor salons whose decor is attributed to sculptor and architect Nicolas Pineau. In the early 1960s the Bauffremont family tried to sell the mansion's woodwork; the Beaux-Arts ministry sued, the Crédit foncier de France seized the building, and it was resold by auction to the Eudoxia company. The woodwork was returned to its place.