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This private hotel, built in the middle of the seventeenth century, is distinguished by its initial organization between courtyard and garden, now transformed into two courtyards. The main body, made of brick and chalk with limestone chains from Savonnières, has a sundial on its facade. The crepe-wooded wings, connected in return to square, house 18th-century panelling, while the interior preserves shutters, a marble Louis XV fireplace, and a carved 17th-century staircase.

The property, modified after 1827, saw its entrance moved from Baudelot Street to Pasteur Street, with the addition of a building on street and the extension of the south wing. The cadastre of 1827 reveals an initially larger plot, including an orangery (today destroyed) and access to the rue du Flocmagny. The hotel belonged to the Saguez de Breuvery at the end of the 18th century, before being acquired in 1878 by the diocesan association, which named it from the house of the Works.

The facades of the backyard building, combining Chevillon stone and yellow brick, have been protected since 1972. Interior mixes elements from the 18th and 19th centuries, like a neoclassical marble fireplace with Corinthian pilasters. The long-paned roof, covered with mechanical tiles, rests on a chalk cornice. Despite its transformations, the hotel illustrates the civil architecture of the country and its adaptation to urban needs.

Today, owned by the diocesan association and put on sale, the site preserves traces of its past uses, from panelling to 18th-century guardrails, as well as architectural uses. Its history reflects the social and religious changes of Châlons-en-Champagne, between aristocratic heritage and associative vocation.

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