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  6. Petipas Hotel Walle

Petipas Hotel Walle à Lille dans le Nord

Nord

Petipas Hotel Walle

    1 Rue du Lombard
    59800 Lille
Hôtel Petipas de Walle
Hôtel Petipas de Walle
Hôtel Petipas de Walle
Hôtel Petipas de Walle
Hôtel Petipas de Walle
Hôtel Petipas de Walle
Hôtel Petipas de Walle
Hôtel Petipas de Walle
Hôtel Petipas de Walle
Hôtel Petipas de Walle
Hôtel Petipas de Walle
Hôtel Petipas de Walle
Hôtel Petipas de Walle
Hôtel Petipas de Walle
Hôtel Petipas de Walle
Crédit photo : Velvet - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1778–1779
Construction of hotel
10 février 1948
Registration MH
2 novembre 1979
MH classification
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Fronts and roofs: inscription by decree of 14 March 1944 - The following interiors of the hotel are listed: on the ground floor: the staircase and its 18th century wrought iron ramp with its cage, the music salon, the Flore lounge, the old dining room; on the first floor: in the north wing, the Art-Deco bathroom; in the east wing, the Empire round lounge with its entrance hall and its oratory located behind the fireplace and the library of La Malmaison following it; in the south wing, the central living room overlooking the courtyard, the old bedroom overlooking the rue de Lombard and the two large stained glass windows illuminating the stairs (Box HR 168): inscription by order of 19 April 2006

Key figures

Michel-Joseph Lequeux - Architect Designer of the hotel in 1778–79.
Louis-Dominique-Joseph de Lencquesaing - Owner (1768–1854) Resident with his wife Queen Ferdinande.
Louis-Dominique-Arthur de Lencquesaing - Owner (1809–87) Son of the previous, heir to the hotel.
Georges Herlin - Post-1906 buyer Notary owner after the Lencquesaing.

Origin and history

The Petipas de Walle Hotel is a private hotel located at 122 rue de l'Hôpital-Militaire in Lille, in the Nord department (Hauts-de-France). Built between 1778 and 1779 by the Lille architect Michel-Joseph Lequeux, it marks the arrival of the French neoclassical style in the region. Its architecture is distinguished by a central courtyard preceded by a triumphal arched portal flanked by two pavilions, as well as a facade adorned with columns and many superimposed, creating a set of characteristic reliefs.

The hotel housed several prominent personalities, including Louis-Dominique-Joseph de Lencquesaing (1768–54) and his wife Queen-Ferdinande-Eugènie, then their son Louis-Dominique-Arthur de Lencquesaing (1809–87) and his wife Mélanie-Joseph-Marie Van der Cruisse de Waziers (1816–1906). After 1906, notary Georges Herlin became its owner. The building has been listed as a historic monument since 10 February 1948 (for the whole, except for classified parts), and was classified for its facades and roofs on 2 November 1979.

A witness of the Lille social evolution, the hotel reflects the prestige of the bourgeois families of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Its state of conservation and its successive protections underline its heritage importance. Today owned by a private company, there remains an emblematic example of the civil architecture of the region, accessible via the metro station Rihour.

The archives of the Château de Laprée (linked to the Lencquesaing family) and the Mérimée base complete the documentary sources on this monument. Its location, recorded with average accuracy (5/10), is confirmed by the official address and GPS coordinates. The facades, with their superimposed portals and columns of varying diameters, illustrate the architectural know-how of the period.

External links

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