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Laurent Vaginay, , and Kévin Laussu, art historian, Malaye! Patrimoines, have the honour of presenting a rare and particularly notable building of Dacquoise architecture from the end of the nineteenth century.
Private mansion, 9 rooms, on three levels, hypercenter, with garden with trees not overlooked plot of more than 1000m2.
Behind the solemn and delicate veil of cut stones that enlivens its façade, the Hotel Darracq preserves the memory and brilliance of sumptuous hours. He is now in his 140th year.
In 1882, the square on the right of which it was about to be erected erased the remains of an immense earthen fortification that had protected the Porte de Saint-Vincent since the Middle Ages. This recess was then to Dax what Vauban's glacis are still today in Bayonne.
At that time, when the city was barely embracing its thermal vocation in faith of progress, the lawyer and notary Auguste Darracq () undertook the construction of a building that was to distinguish it from its peers. His preference was for a site outside the historic centre, which had just been cleared of its ancient ramparts. This choice was all the more unusual as the local bourgeoisie was still reluctant to settle in the suburbs.
His natural taste was for a scholarly architecture that would impose an aesthetic canon on the rural neighbourhood. This project, full of classical references borrowed from some of the most famous mansions of the eighteenth century, owes the brilliance of its fine ornaments to Paris, Versailles and Bordeaux. The obvious reference to Ange-Jacques Gabriel (architect of the Petit Trianon, ) can be read in the pattern of the cross-arched windows covered with ribboned garlands, as well as in the use of table facing.
The elevation consists of two bays punctuated by a protrusion that magnifies the monumental entrance. Would this curious arrangement suggest a more extensive program that would eventually have seen the creation of a second wing in symmetry? There is no evidence to support this. The dissonant element of surprise is all the better.
The pioneering work that could have motivated the neighborhood to undertake a series of urban transformations around the square ended up being isolated. Its ostentatious character contrasts with the low buildings next door, which makes it all the more picturesque and pleasant to the attentive stroller.
At the threshold of the house, the visitor will be invited to enter a wide vestibule dominated by a height shrouded in resonance. A step leads to the front of the stairwell. Each wooden step of the latter is attached to the stringer of a delicately chiseled wrought iron railing.
The entire raised ground floor is distributed by a central antechamber illuminated by a skylight window that rises to more than 10 metres. A spectacular scenographic effect that is accentuated by the presence of a crown of balustrades on the first floor, an unusual Anglo-Saxon decorative quotation.
The rooms on this level are made up of a large and opulent reception room to the south, a private boudoir and a dining room opening onto the garden to the north. All are adorned with carved woodwork, fireplaces, marquetry parquet floors and plasterwork pouring out streams of abundance.
The kitchen, on the west side, opens onto a more intimate apartment communicating with the complex network of cellars via a back staircase.
The first floor is nevertheless generous in terms of height. A Greek cross plan distributes three bedrooms and an old architect's office with a drawing room and its study.
The top level forms a huge plateau conducive to a complete redevelopment enjoying a breathtaking view of the Splendid and the Cathedral.
As is the usual custom, the hotel opens onto a private garden with trees - the most spacious in the city centre - from which you can enjoy the last rays of the sun in peace. This confidential and intimate face of the property with its terrace is reminiscent, on a smaller scale, of the hushed atmosphere of the park of the Élysée Palace.
Elegance, prestige and history: so many marks of value that anchor this exceptional residence in the heritage of Dacquois.
If we consider that it belongs to a series of sumptuous mansions that have only four specimens locally, we will realize all the more its rarity.
Owned by the same family for more than a century, this precious property is waiting to find an attentive buyer, entrepreneurial, sensitive to the beautiful work and aspiring to restore this place to its letters of nobility thanks to a quality rehabilitation. This pledge of passion will guarantee him access to a unique setting and art of living.
NB: It has also been referenced in a notice published on page 87 of the first volume of the book, Dax-Architecture (Kilika, 2020) reproduced in this announcement…
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