Installation of Parliament 1550 (≈ 1550)
Essor de la rue Saint-Georges à Rennes.
vers 1680
Construction of hotel
Construction of hotel vers 1680 (≈ 1680)
Attributed to Pierre Corbineau, school of lavalloise.
8 mai 1933
First entry MH
First entry MH 8 mai 1933 (≈ 1933)
Hotel except parts later classified.
1er octobre 1962
Partial classification
Partial classification 1er octobre 1962 (≈ 1962)
Protected facades and roofs.
3 décembre 1993
New registration
New registration 3 décembre 1993 (≈ 1993)
Passes and stairs added.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
Hotel, except parts classified: registration by order of 8 May 1933; Facade on the street; facades on courtyard, including those in return; roofs and chimney stumps (cad. B 803 to 806): classification by order of 1 October 1962; Passage between the street and the first courtyard, passage between the first and second courtyard, wooden staircase of the east wing, stone staircase of the central body (Box BE 601): inscription by order of 3 December 1993
Key figures
Pierre Corbineau - Architect
Suspected author of the hotel, Lavallois school.
Gilles Lezot - Sedentary officer
First owner, builder in the 16th.
Origin and history
The hotel de la Moussaye is an emblematic mansion of Rennes heritage, located at 3 rue Saint-Georges, close to the Place du Parlement-de-Bretagne. Built around 1680, it illustrates the architectural style of the school, with a wooden panel facade overlooking the street and a spatial organization typical of the urban residences of the period, including a backyard and wings distributed around it. Its partial classification as historic monuments (1962) and its successive inscriptions (1933, 1993) underline its heritage value, notably for its facades, roofs, and wooden and stone stairs.
The fief de la Moussaye, originally located near Plenée-Jugon, gave its name to a noble family attested from the 15th century (reformations from 1423 to 1535). The Rennes hotel, attributed to architect Pierre Corbineau, is part of the rise of Rue Saint-Georges, linked to the definitive installation of the Parliament of Brittany in Rennes in 1550. The distribution of spaces – both on street and in court – reflects a common practice among sedentary officers, such as Gilles Lezot, who built a first hotel in the 16th century, partially redesigned in the 17th century.
The legal protections now cover the entire building, with the exception of already classified parts, as well as remarkable elements such as the passage between courtyards, stairs, and chimney stumps. These provisions preserve a rare testimony of the Rennes aristocratic habitat, marked by the alliance of traditional materials (wood, stone) and a hierarchical spatial organization, characteristic of the private hotels of the Ancien Régime in Brittany.
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