Construction of hotel 1657 (≈ 1657)
Edited for Pierre de Becdelièvre.
8 avril 1935
Partial registration
Partial registration 8 avril 1935 (≈ 1935)
Stairs and lounges protected.
1936
Acquisition by the City
Acquisition by the City 1936 (≈ 1936)
Becoming municipal property.
28 juillet 1937
Complete classification
Complete classification 28 juillet 1937 (≈ 1937)
Facades and roofs classified.
1984
Opening of the museum
Opening of the museum 1984 (≈ 1984)
Welcome the Rounnese ceramics.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
Staircase Louis XIII and 18s; Louis XVI living room on ground floor; living room with columns on the first floor; facades on street and garden of the outbuilding called Maison du Bourreau: inscription by decree of 8 April 1935; Fronts and roofs of the hotel: ranking by decree of 28 July 1937
Key figures
Pierre de Becdelièvre - Lord of Hocqueville
Sponsor of the hotel in 1657.
Origin and history
The hotel of Hocqueville is a mansion located at 1 rue Faucon in Rouen, built in 1657 for Pierre de Becdelièvre, seigneur of Hocqueville and first president of the Court of Aids of Rouen. This monument illustrates the civil architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries, with characteristic elements of Louis XIII and Louis XVI styles, such as its protected staircases and lounges.
Acquired by the City of Rouen in 1936, the hotel first housed the municipal conservatory before welcoming the Ceramic Museum since 1984. His inscription and classification as historical monuments (1935 and 1937) concerned his facades, roofs, stairs and lounges, testifying to his heritage importance.
The legal protections distinguish two phases: an inscription in 1935 for interiors (Louis XIII and XVIII staircases, Louis XVI lounges) and a classification in 1937 for facades and roofs. These measures highlight the artistic and historical value of the building, which is now open to the public in the museum.
Available sources, including Wikipedia and the Mérimée base, confirm its exact address (1 rue du Faucon) and its Insee code (76540), attached to the Seine-Maritime in Normandy. The hotel thus embodies both the Romanian aristocratic heritage and its contemporary cultural appropriation.
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