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The Hotel de Stainville, located 9 rue Mably in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est), is a private hotel built in 1619 for Pierre de Stainville, great dean of the Primatiale. Its architecture combines red and black bricks in diamond-shaped patterns, inspired by the city's fortifications, and a porch topped by a bust of Duke Henry II of Lorraine. The facades, vestibule, stairway and roofs have been protected since 1944.

The building is organized around two courtyards: a main courtyard overlooking Mably Street, and a common courtyard accessible by the Rue des Tiercelins. The one-storey housing body features front-line windows and harp-adorned corner chains. A stone ramp-on-rail staircase, dating from 1619 (date worn under the landing), serves the floor where were initially two symmetrical apartments, a large crossing room, and a painting gallery.

Originally commissioned by Antoine de Lenoncourt in 1607, the project was taken over by Pierre de Stainville in 1608. The work, led by local artisans (Jean Braconnier, Nicolas and Lambert Charles, Didier Barbonnois), was completed in 1619. In the 18th century, Henri-Hyacinthe de Tornielle changed the gate, slightly raised the main body and rebuilt the frame (dated 1721). At the time of the Revolution, the hotel escaped sale as a national good, then was divided into two in the 19th century, successively housing a boarding school, a chapelier and a faucet.

Ranked a historic monument in 1944, the hotel preserves interior elements from the 17th century (French ceilings) and the 19th century (Beunat windows). The facade on garden was restored in 2014. Today it is shared between several owners and bears witness to the Parisian influence in Nancy via the architect Lambert, introducing the model of the hotel between courtyard and garden in Lorraine.

The bust of Duke Henry II, originally on the porch, was replaced at the end of the 19th century by a copy of Ernest Bussière (the original is preserved at the Lorraine Museum). The inventory after the death of Pierre de Stainville reveals an interior organization typical of the mansions of the era: representational spaces on the ground floor, private apartments upstairs, and outbuildings (kitchen, aviary) in the lateral wings.

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