page_title: Barchmann Mansion
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Barchmann Mansion / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Treschows Palæ, now Wedels Palæ, On the corner of Ny Kongensgade and Frederiksholms Kanal in Copenhagen, Denmark
context_page_description: Barchmann Mansion is a Baroque style town mansion overlooking Frederiksholm Canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. Built in the early 1740s, it is also known as the Wedell Mansion after the Wedell family who have owned it since 1982.
context_section_description: The house was built in 1740–41 by Philip de Lange for affluent Jacob Barchmann. Barchmann did not live in it himself but rented it out to foreign envoys. The original building was extended in 1748, first along the canal and a little later along Ny Kongensgade.
   
  After Barchmann's death in 1764, his wife continued to live in the house until 1782 when it was sold to John Brown, a grocer and ship owner, who took up residence there. After his bankruptcy in 1788, the property was once again sold but who acquired it remains unclear. In 1811, it was purchased by the industrious landowner Jacob Brønnum Scavenius and in 1898 by the Treschow family.
  In 1923, the house came on the hands of the Wedell family when Inger Wedell née Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs inherited the property from her father, Count Mogens of Frijsenborg.
  In 1926, the house was divided into two separate properties when Borup Folk High School moved into 24 Frederiksholms Kanal. Since 1982, the remaining part has been owned by the Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs/Wedells family.
caption: The Treschow Mansion seen on a drawing by Danish-English illustrator Nelly Erichsen
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