The Maison Peyrarède, on the Place du Feu, is the finest surviving Renaissance house in Bergerac and a small monument to the town's 16th-century mercantile prosperity. The carved stone facade, with its mullioned windows and a corner turret on the upper floor, dates from the 1570s. Local tradition holds that Henri IV — at the time still Henri of Navarre — stayed here on one of his Bergerac visits, which is why the building is sometimes called the Maison Henri IV.
Today the house is open to the public as the home of the Musée du Tabac, and the entry ticket buys access to the staircases, fireplaces, and painted ceilings as well as to the collection. The square outside, with its plane trees and a quiet cafe or two, is a pleasant pause on a walk through the old quarter.