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The Hotel de Carmesnil, also known as Hotel de Beausse or Levaillant de Folleville, is a 17th and 18th century building located at 46 rue Henri-Cornat in Valognes, in the English Channel. Built in the mid-17th century, it underwent modifications in the 18th century, notably in its interior distribution, with a majestic staircase with balusters and a symmetrical five-span facade. The hotel is perpendicular to the street and opens onto a pleasant garden with a masonry canal, redesigned in the 19th century in English style.

The property changed hands several times in the 18th century. Among his notable owners, Guillaume Besnard-Duchesne, king's adviser to the bailiwick of Valognes and then deputy of the third state in the states general, owned it from 1784 to 1831. In 1837, Arsène-Maurice Le Mouton de Carmesnil acquired the building. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a Duchemin distillery, employing up to a hundred workers, was active at the back of the property. The buildings of this distillery are now disused.

The hotel is registered for historical monuments by order of 14 November 2012. This protection covers the facades and roofs of the house, the decor of the dining room and the room Louis XVI, the two stairs, as well as the garden with its water room, its fence walls and the remains of a kiosk. The stone base, the original cornice modillons and the horseshoe staircase bear witness to its 17th century architectural heritage.

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