Initial construction XVIe siècle (≈ 1650)
Period of construction by the bourgeois merchants.
XVIIIe siècle
Renovations or extensions
Renovations or extensions XVIIIe siècle (≈ 1850)
Period of beautification of the hotel.
1er octobre 2021
Official protection
Official protection 1er octobre 2021 (≈ 2021)
Registration as a Historic Monument.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
The hotel Nevreze in total with its private courtyard and garden as well as its fireplaces, painted canvases and tapestries enchassées, located 18 rue Conchette and rue de la Bienfaisance, on Parcel No. 222, appearing in the cadastre section AO: inscription by order of 1 October 2021
Key figures
Famille Nevreze - Market owners
Hotel sponsors and residents.
Simon Ruiz - Allied merchant
Sales partner Castilian des Nevreze.
Origin and history
The Hotel Nevreze, listed as a Historic Monument, illustrates the residential architecture of Thiers' merchant elites between the 16th and 18th centuries. Its construction is part of an urban dynamic where affluent families, such as the Nevreze, build houses reflecting their social status. These merchants, often linked to international trade, combine by inheritance or marriage, thus consolidating their economic influence and their real estate assets in the city.
The house of 18 rue Conchette, typical of this time, passes into the hands of several generations of merchants-bourgeois until the 19th century. The Nevrezes, in particular, have commercial relations with major figures such as Simon Ruiz, a Castilian merchant based in Nantes. Their hotel, with its courtyard, garden and decorative elements (carried, painted canvases, tapestries), embodies the discreet luxury of a prosperous bourgeoisie, anchored in European trade.
The Hotel Nevrezese has been fully protected since 2021, and maintains material traces of this fascinating past: open fireplaces, painted canvases and encased tapestries. These elements, combined with its strategic location in Thiers – a city that was then dynamic thanks to trade and metallurgy – make it a valuable testimony to the social and economic history of the region. However, the accuracy of its location remains poor (level 5/10), with slightly divergent addresses between sources.
The building is part of a larger complex of private hotels built by these same families on Conchette Street and its surroundings. These residences, transmitted by inheritance or marriage alliances, form a network of power and wealth visible in the urban landscape. Their preservation makes it possible today to study the lifestyles, aspirations and commercial networks of the Thierese elites in the 17th and 18th centuries.
