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Villa de la Chantrerie in Nantes en Loire-Atlantique

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine de vilégiature
Villa

Villa de la Chantrerie in Nantes

    95 Route de Gachet
    44000 Nantes
Ownership of the municipality
Villa de la Chantrerie à Nantes
Villa de la Chantrerie à Nantes
Villa de la Chantrerie à Nantes
Villa de la Chantrerie à Nantes
Villa de la Chantrerie à Nantes
Villa de la Chantrerie à Nantes
Villa de la Chantrerie à Nantes
Villa de la Chantrerie à Nantes
Villa de la Chantrerie à Nantes
Villa de la Chantrerie à Nantes
Villa de la Chantrerie à Nantes
Villa de la Chantrerie à Nantes
Villa de la Chantrerie à Nantes
Crédit photo : Selbymay - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1825
Completion of the housing body
1836
Construction of the chapel
1860
Expansion of the villa
1872
Development of the park
1972
City acquisition
20 mai 1997
Registration for historical monuments
1997
Registration for historical monuments
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Villa, as well as the four small pavilions that accompany it, the orangery and the whole park limited to its parcels with the factory-chapel (see plan annexed to the decree, cad. AB 60-66, 71-95, 110, 129): inscription by order of 20 May 1997

Key figures

Étienne Blon - Architect and owner Buyer and original builder of the villa.
François-Léonard Seheult - Collaborator and brother-in-law Co-builder of the first house.
Louis Levesque - Gendre and sponsor Expands the villa and builds the chapel.
Dominique Noisette - Landscape Manufacturer of the park in 1872.
Famille Drouin - Former owner Last owner family before 1972.

Origin and history

The Villa de la Chantrerie, located in Nantes on the left bank of the Erdre, is a mansion built in the 19th century. Originally, the estate was agricultural before being acquired by architect Étienne Blon, who collaborated with his brother-in-law François-Léonard Seheult to build a first house in 1825. The house body was completed that same year, then enlarged in 1860 by Louis Levesque, the son-in-law of Étienne Blon, who added a floor and built a neo-Gothic chapel in 1836.

In 1872, the English landscaped park was built by Dominique Noisette, nephew of Louis Claude Noisette, also chief gardener of the Nantes plant garden. The villa and its park, belonging to the Drouin family, were acquired by the city of Nantes in 1972. Since then, the building has hosted the Atlanpole technopole, dedicated to supporting innovative companies.

The villa, its pavilions, orangery, part of the park and chapel were included in the additional inventory of historical monuments by order of 20 May 1997. Built in tuffeau, the villa features a western facade decorated with a central pediment and cariatides. The landscape-style park includes remarkable elements such as the neo-Gothic chapel of 1836.

Architects and architects associated with this monument include Étienne Blon and François-Léonard Seheult for the villa, as well as Dominique Noisette for the park. The property, originally private, is now managed by the municipality of Nantes and classified for its architectural and historical heritage.

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