Inside, interesting 16th century keel-arched timber work still exists in the audience chamber of the Bailiwick, the ceiling of which is hidden by a cloth.
Cross the Square behind the Hôtel de Ville. To the left of the Post-Office, take the Passage Gossart, at the end of which, under a vault, is the gate of a narrow alley leading to a small court.
On three sides of the latter is a curious house with wooden walls built about the year 1492 by a rich cloth merchant, Nicolas Fauvel, mayor of the city. This house, known as the House of the White Gable, is shown at F on the detailed plan. Abutting on the main building, which is the original structure, a kind of corbel-work gable was added over the exit from the Passage Gossart. This was probably used by the mayor as a tribune from which to harangue the people gathered together in the courtyard.
