_At No. 18 are the_ ruins of the =Hôtel Rogier de Monclin=, destroyed after April, 1918. This house dated back to the Louis XV. period, but had been disfigured by modern alterations. The façade overlooking the courtyard, the entrance-hall, and the staircase with ornamental balustrade, were interesting. At the time of the consecration of Louis XVI., one of the saloons was furnished for the King's brother, the Comte (or _Monsieur_) d'Artois, whence the name "_Rue de Monsieur_," formerly borne by the Rue Courmeaux. _At No. 30_ is a Renaissance door, almost intact (_photo below_). _At No. 34, at the corner of the Rue Legendre_, is a late 16th century house, whose interior arrangement and façade are intact, except for the woodwork of the windows, which was modernised in the 18th century. It was built on the site of the old wool-market, after Marshal de Saint-Paul, at the time of the League, had compelled the inhabitants of the Faubourg Cérès to destroy their houses. [Illustration: RENAISSANCE DOOR, _30, Rue Courmeaux_.] [Illustration: CÉRÈS ESPLANADE] _Return to the Rue Courmeaux and take the Rue Bonhomme on the left, which leads to the Rue Cérès._ The =Rue Cérès= was totally destroyed by fire, from the Place Royale to the Post Office, which had to be given up in the autumn of 1914. _At No. 30_ is the =Chamber of Commerce=, one of the finest late 18th century buildings in Rheims. The magnificent Louis XVI. rooms escaped practically uninjured. The staircase leading to the first storey, with its delicate balustrade, is very remarkable. [Illustration: CHURCH OF ST. ANDRÉ, _Rue du Faubourg Cérès._] [Illustration: INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF ST. ANDRÉ] _The Rue Cérès ends at the Esplanade Cérès_ (_photo, p. 87_), which was made outside the old ramparts near the Cérès Gate. The name Cérès is derived from a tower that long served as a prison (_carcer_, whence by corruption _chair_, _cère_, and then by false mythological association, _Cérès_). It was in this tower (no longer existing, but famous as early as the 9th century) that, according to the _chansons de geste_, Ogier the Dane, handed over by Charlemagne to the custody of the Bishop of Rheims, was incarcerated. _From the Esplanade continue, if desired, by the Rue du Faubourg Cérès_ (greatly damaged by the bombardments), to the =Church of St. André=, a modern building erected by the architect Brunette. It was struck several times by shells and will have to be rebuilt. As early as the first bombardment of September 4th, 1914, shell splinters damaged the doorway, transept, stained glass (part of which was 16th century and came from the old church), small organ, and the painting of the _Baptism of Clovis_. Subsequently, the vaulting and parts of the walls collapsed. The Church possesses a precious =reliquary= of copper (15th century) and a =statue of St. André= (patron of the church) of painted and gilded stone, attributed without authority, to Pierre Jacques.