Villa Charles Schacher, villa in Meudon, France

Villa Charles Schacher is a manor house in Second Empire style in Meudon, on the southwestern edge of Paris. The facade is divided into three bays, with mascarons above the entrance doors and ground floor windows topped by curved pediments.

Villa Charles Schacher was built around 1860 for Charles Schacher (1806-1883), an industrialist and manufacturer, by architect Louis-Marie Anez (1813-1879), then an inspector under Lefuel at the Château de Meudon. The house is regarded as an example of the Napoleon III or Second Empire style. It later became the home and studio of sculptor and medallist Albert de Jaeger, winner of the Grand Prix de Rome.

The villa later became the home and studio of sculptor and medallist Albert de Jaeger, winner of the Grand Prix de Rome. Louis XVI woodwork and decorations classed as monuments historiques, once in a small house lower on the property, were moved to Paris under the Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles.

The property stands at 11bis rue des Capucins, near the avenue du Château. The three remarkable trees — a Himalayan cedar, a Lebanon cedar and a giant sequoia — grow in the heart of the plot, so they are seen from the street rather than from inside. The house is private and not open to visitors.

The house was fitted with a hot air heating system specially designed by architect Anez for this property. This was an unusual feature for a private home at the time and shows how closely the architect and his client worked together on technical solutions.