Hôtel de Besenval
| Hôtel de Besenval | |
|---|---|
Embassy of the Swiss Confederation in France | |
Main entrance of the Hôtel de Besenval | |
| General information | |
| Type | Hôtel particulier |
| Address | 142 Rue de Grenelle |
| Town or city | Paris |
| Country | France |
| Current tenants | Embassy of the Swiss Confederation |
| Construction started | 4 June 1704 (signing of the construction contract) |
| Completed | 1866 (corps de logis enlarged with another floor and an attic with a comble à la Mansart) |
| Owner | Swiss Confederation |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Pierre-Alexis Delamair and Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart |
The Hôtel de Besenval is a historic hôtel particulier in Paris, dating largely from the 18th century, with a cour d'honneur and a large English landscape garden, an architectural style commonly known as entre cour et jardin. This refers to a residence between the courtyard in front of the building and the garden at the back. The building is listed as a Monument historique by decree of 20 October 1928 (the historical parts). It has housed the Embassy of the Swiss Confederation and the residence of the Swiss ambassador to France since 1938. The residence is named after its most famous former owner: Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt, usually just referred to as Baron de Besenval (the suffix Brunstatt refers to the former barony).