Initial construction XVIIe siècle (≈ 1750)
Building as a courthouse of the March.
1789
End of the Old Regime
End of the Old Regime 1789 (≈ 1789)
Becomes a departmental court after the Revolution.
1835
Change of usage
Change of usage 1835 (≈ 1835)
End of her judicial role for Creuse.
26 juillet 1934
MH classification
MH classification 26 juillet 1934 (≈ 1934)
Registration of parts of the seventeenth century.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
The 17th century parts including the gate on the Market Square, the facades in return of square built of granite and decorated with pilasters and cartridges, the stone staircase and the room on the ground floor of the advancing wing: inscription by decree of 26 July 1934
Origin and history
The presidial of Guéret is a 17th-century building located in the city of Guéret, New Aquitaine. It was initially used as a courthouse on the presidial and seneschal of the March until the French Revolution. After 1789, he housed the court and the assize court of the Creuse until 1835. Today, only its eastern part, integrated into the city hall, remains, testifying to its judicial past.
The square back façade, built of granite, is decorated with pilasters, carved cartridges and a decorative bandeau. The stone stairway, with its full-cindered doubles, and the ground floor room, with its old fireplace and exposed beamed ceiling, are characteristic of the civil architecture of the period. The entrance gate, on the Market Square, is also decorated with pilasters and gives access to a passage leading to the building.
Ranked a historic monument in 1934, the presidial illustrates the judicial organization of the Ancien Régime en province. Its partial state of conservation reflects the urban transformations of Guéret, while preserving remarkable architectural elements such as granite sculptures and original interior volumes. The property now belongs to the municipality.
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