Bourgtheroulde Mansion

The Hôtel de Bourgtheroulde, in Rouen

The Hôtel de Bourgtheroulde is a magnificent Gothic and Renaissance private mansion of Rouen, on the Place de la Pucelle. The Rouen audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this architectural jewel, adorned with famous bas-reliefs, become a luxury hotel.

The Gothic and Renaissance jewel of the Place de la Pucelle

Reigning on the charming Place de la Pucelle, the Hôtel de Bourgtheroulde is one of the numerous architectural gems of the historic centre of Rouen. This sumptuous residence was built at the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries for Guillaume Le Roux, lord of Bourgtheroulde, a rich counsellor at the parliament of Normandy. The building magnificently illustrates the passage from flamboyant Gothic to the Renaissance: its inner courtyard mixes the mullioned windows, the turrets and the Gothic ornaments with the motifs and the sculptures of the early Renaissance. Its most famous treasure is a series of sculpted bas-reliefs representing the meeting of the Field of the Cloth of Gold, this sumptuous encounter between the kings Francis I and Henry VIII of England. Restored, the building today shelters a luxury hotel. A jewel of civil architecture and a witness of the refinement of the Rouen elites, the Hôtel de Bourgtheroulde is a fine stop of the discovery of Rouen.

What to see

You admire the sumptuous residence of the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, built for Guillaume Le Roux, lord of Bourgtheroulde, with an inner courtyard mixing flamboyant Gothic and Renaissance, adorned with the famous bas-reliefs of the meeting of the Field of the Cloth of Gold, today a luxury hotel, on the Place de la Pucelle. The Hôtel de Bourgtheroulde is a jewel of Rouen. It is a stop to be discovered, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Hôtel de Bourgtheroulde lies on the Place de la Pucelle, in the heart of Rouen, reachable on foot. You admire its façade and the courtyard; it is today a hotel whose access follows its own conditions. You discover it during a walk in the centre.

What is particular about the Hôtel de Bourgtheroulde of Rouen?

This residence of the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, built for Guillaume Le Roux, lord of Bourgtheroulde, mixes flamboyant Gothic and Renaissance, and is adorned with famous bas-reliefs representing the meeting of the Field of the Cloth of Gold between Francis I and Henry VIII; it today shelters a luxury hotel.

Where is the Hôtel de Bourgtheroulde of Rouen?

On the Place de la Pucelle, in the heart of Rouen, in France.