Hôtel de Lestang, A private mansion in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne).

The Hôtel de Lestang is a late-Renaissance private mansion begun in 1593 for Christophe de Guilhon de Lestang, bishop of Lodève, in the historic centre of Toulouse. Its Rue Saint-Jacques entrance is a 19th-century monumental portal: red brick framed by alternating brick and white stone blocks, a grey panelled double wooden door, a carved inscription plaque and a triangular pediment with scrolls. The facade on Place Saint-Jacques is listed as a monument historique.

The building was created in 1593 when Christophe de Lestang, a bishop, purchased several small houses on the land and consolidated them into one large mansion. In the 1800s, the city of Toulouse bought the property and converted it for administrative use, with the grand portal dating from that period of modification.

The name Lestang comes from the bishop Christophe de Lestang who commissioned the building in the 1590s. The mansion reflects the status and taste of wealthy families from that era through its decorated main gate and carefully designed stone facade facing the square.

The building is not open to the public as it serves as a private administrative building. Visitors can view the facade and portal from the outside along the Rue Saint-Jacques and Place Saint-Jacques, where the carved details and stonework are clearly visible from street level.

The monumental portal on Rue Saint-Jacques was pierced in 1859, two years after the city bought the mansion, to serve as the entrance to the rectorate. The stone plaque and triangular pediment above the grey panelled door belong to this 19th-century addition, not to the 1593 house.