Maison Henri II

"It was built for Hugues Pontard, whose son François was Mayor of La Rochelle in 1567, in a clever "antique" style that combines columns, pediments and coffered ceilings. However, this achievement is not an ordinary one in the 16th century, since the "Maison Henri II"... is not a house! Its superimposed galleries are only narrow corridors, extending the stair turret of the right-hand house and serving the study on the first floor of the left-hand pavilion. This facade without depth is therefore a monumental décor, a dream architecture whose roofs and dormer windows simulate, for Hugues Pontard's guests, an extraordinary dwelling overlooking the garden: an exceptional and unique work in the history of the French Renaissance, imagined by an anonymous master in the year 1555.
Source: Richard Lêvesque.

Attention, the House, Henri II is not visited, only the court is accessible