Villa Nitot

This villa looking out onto the Pyrenees was built for Georges Nitot in 1887. Nitot commissioned its design from a local architect, Emile Doyère, who had been trained at the École des Beaux Arts and drew inspiration from neo-medieval rationalism rooted in the theories of the famous Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc.

The complex shape of the slate roof, with long sections in the middle, framed by a hipped roof and spire, accentuates the building’s various parts. It was built with cut stone, rubble stone, pebbles arranged into fish bones, and brick. The small building that looks out onto avenue Trespoey, built from the same materials and in the same style, was used as a concierge’s lodge, stables and an outhouse.

The inside of the villa is laid out around a large hall and reception rooms. Among other elements of décor, some of the ceilings are moulded, others painted. 

A bow window and large bay windows offer stunning views onto the Pyrenees.