La mairie

The construction of this building dates back from the middle of the 18th century. It was financed by Marquise de Joyeuse (from Cailly) who had a good relationship with Abbé Ravette. The decorations, inside the secretariat, represent the favorite activities of the Marquise and are there to thank her on behalf of the abbot.

 Pierre Ravette had taken the oath to the civil constitution of the clergy in 1791, but it seems that he retracted shortly before his death on May 23, 1794, during the epidemic of year 2. As a result, this rectory was sold as national property in 1796. In 1801 the Lenoble family bought it.

On September 29, 1823 Lady Lenoble, Lady of Valori, having inherited it, donated it to the factory of Saint André sur Cailly.

The law of separation of Church and State (1905) had no consequences for this place at first. It was only after the inventory of church property in 1906 that the ownership of the presbytery by the fabrique led to the sequestration of the property and the transfer of this property to the charity. They therefore rented it to the parish priest of Saint Andrew.

It housed the parish priest of Saint André sur Cailly until 1932, date of departure of Father Jeanne, last priest in Saint André. The building was then rented to individuals.

Nowadays (2022) it still belongs to the social welfare office from whom the municipality has rented it since 1974 and has installed the town hall there.

On the south-west pediment of the presbytery, Father Ravette had the following sentence engraved during the construction of the presbytery in 1756 : 

Qui oedificat

Laudatur ab is

Culpatur ab illis

Sed solui licuit

Condere quad libuit

Any architect

Will see his work praised

Blamed on others wrongly

Whoever builds has the exclusive right

To work to his fantasy