The story of the "Four Leaves"

The beautiful story of our "Four Leaves"

1880 is the year of construction of this beautiful mansion that we bought at the end of 2023. This purchase will be followed by 18 months of work to restore its nobility, while integrating today's comfort.

We have always been passionate about old houses. Beyond their architecture, it is their history that we particularly like. We set about retracing the life of our small bourgeois house because in 150 years, a lot of events have happened!…

First of all, it was Mr. Jules Rousseau, an architect with a private income, who had this house built in 1880. We even found a brick engraved with his name during the renovation. Jules was the son of Mr Félix Rousseau, mayor of Montournais from 1855 to 1859, and the grandson of Mr Jean-Pierre Rousseau, a tailor whose parents had emigrated to Niort during the Vendée wars;

Jules Rousseau, a bachelor, shared the house with his maid, Mademoiselle Félicie Allais. After his death, the house was purchased by a veterinarian, Mr. Félix Péault, around 1905. He was born in Montournais in 1879 and married Mademoiselle Emilienne Belaud in 1908. Around 1930, at the age of 51, Félix Péault ceased his activity and became a rentier owner. Widowed shortly after, Mrs. Péault lived alone in this house for a long time until her death.

When we bought it, it had unfortunately been unoccupied for about fifteen years. It was gradually deteriorating and we were eager to give it a new lease of life while preserving as many elements as possible! This is now done (conservation of the floor tiles, fireplaces, kitchen tiles, staircase and magnificent parquet flooring)

We named it "the Four Leaves" for the greenery around the house, the designs on the cement tiles in the kitchen, hoping that its name will bring us luck in this project!

Tiphaine and Cécile Roger