 Begun in 1739 and intended as a large quadrangle, only the entrance wing with the abbot's residence was completed.Further work was halted in 1745 due to lack of funds and never resumed.In 1738 Aubert built the lodgings at the Abbey of Fontevraud where Mesdames, the daughters of Louis XV, passed some years of their youth under the supervision of the abbesse de Montmorin.