In 1901, Mr Léon Bergès, a wealthy Parisian, ordered the construction of two manor houses at a place called les Gaudimonts in the commune of Gaillon sur Montcient. It was not to live there, but to come for a holiday because with the rise of the railway, a station was built in Meulan. Previously a hunting forest, the area became a rest area for this bourgeois family. One of the manors was intended for the Bergès son, the other for the daughter. Mr. Bergès had expressed his taste for the Norman style to the architect in charge of the construction, who therefore designed these two manors in the Anglo-Norman style, inspired by the Grand Hotels of the Normandy coast, a place dear to the Bergès family. He also built a small farmhouse at the top of the estate. Construction took place between 1901 and 1905.
Shortly after the construction was completed, it was decided to enlarge the daughter’s house, adding rooms on the ground and ground floors (the kitchen, an extension to the living room, and bedroom 4). The painting in the staircase could represent Madame Eugenie Bergès.