Jules Pellechet
Jules Antoine François Auguste Pellechet was a French architect, notable for his designs for buildings in France, Italy, and the United Kingdom and as an architect in the artillery technical section of France's Ministry of War.
Life
Born in Paris to the architect Auguste Pellechet, he studied at the École polytechnique and the École nationale supérieure [des beaux-arts|École des beaux-arts] in the studio of Abel Blouet. In 1869 he became a member of the société centrale des architectes français and in 1899 was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur. He died in Paris. His daughter Marie began compilation of Catalogue général des incunables des bibliothèques publiques de France.Selected designs
Paris
- Hôtel de Sers, 41 avenue Pierre-Ier-de-Serbie.
- Hôtel d'Essling, 8 rue Jean-Goujon, 1866.
- Hôtel Menier, 4 avenue Ruysdaël, 1875.
- Extension to the hôtel Grimod de La Reynière, rue Boissy-d'Anglas, 1889.
- Hôtel de Barbentane, 30 quai de Billy
Other
- Central artillery store, ministry of war
- Château du Plessis, Blanzy, 1872
- Châtaigneraie de Retz, Chambourcy, around 1880.
- Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham, United Kingdom, 1869-1871.
- Villa Huffer, Via Nazionale, Rome, Italy, 1880-1883.
Works
- Jules Pellechet, Lettres d'Italie : 1856-1857, publiées par Marie et Catherine Pellechet, Paris, 1894, II+202 p