Joseph Brousseau

Born in Solignac in Haute-Vienne to 1733 He was the fourth of ten children, to Jean Brousseau, a Carpenter, and Catherine Boudet. He was baptised in the parish of Sainte-Félicité de Limoges, near Pont Saint-Martial on 17 September. Brousseau grew up in Limoges. He learned "on the job" building trades, into hollow where it stone-cutter and fitter. He then begins to draw plans himself and learned the trade of a master architect. He was then, from the 1760s, assign different achievements and became known in the region. His first project as architect was the castle of Sainte-Feyre, it was built on the foundations of the ancient fortress between 1758 and 1762. He died at Sées on February 5, 1797.

• Illustration — Sées Cathedral He completed numerous projects including: • Château de Sainte – Feyre, on the bases of the feudal Castle near Guéret (Creuse), 1760 • Château de Salvanet • Castle of the husk, Veyrac, 1763 • Château de Beauvais, Limoges, 1765 • Palace of the bishopric, Limoges, 1766 • Musée de l'Evêché • New facade of the college of Limoges (now Lycée Gay-Lussac), 1767 • Chapel of the Visitation, Limoges, 1771 • Rigoulene hotel, Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, 1772 • The Boucher House, at the corner of streets golden Jug and the Consulate, Limoges, 1772 • Renovation and development of the general hospital of Limoges, Limoges, 1773 • Reconstruction of the church Notre-Dame, • Argentre-du-plessis, 1775 • Renovation of the Church Saint-Sylvain, Ahun, 1775 • Château de Salvanet, Saint-Priest-Taurion, 1776 • Palace of the bishopric, Sées, 1778 • Convent of Providence, Limoges, 1779 • Renovation and development of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Sées, Sées, 1780 • Château de Faye, Flavignac, 1782 • Convent of Augustins, Mortemart, 1785 • Château de Lavergne, Saint-Priest-Ligoure, 1785 • Redevelopment of the choir of the Cathedral of Saint-Étienne de Limoges, Limoges, 1788 • Château de Guéret, current Museum of the Sénatorerie

• Illustration — Palais de l'évêché à Limoges. • Illustration — Couvent des Augustins à Mortemart. • Illustration — Château de Salvanet à St-Priest-Taurion. • Illustration — Façade du Lycée Gay-Lussac à Limoges.