Auberge d'Auvergne was located in Great Siege Square within Strada San Giorgio (now known as Republic Street), facing the nave of St. John's Co-Cathedral.

[1][5] The courts of criminal jurisdiction and the office of Police were also moved to the auberge in 1853, and a number of alterations were made to the building under the direction of Superintendent of Government Works William Lamb Arrowsmith.

[10] On 30 April 1941, during World War II, the auberge and the adjacent Casa Caccia were hit by a German parachute mine, and they were severely damaged.

[2] The law courts subsequently moved to another location outside Valletta, in Balzan at Palazzo Testaferrata and at a seminary in Floriana,[12][13] but in 1943 they returned to the part of the auberge which was still standing.

The building originally had a square plan with a central courtyard, and it had a somewhat plain façade[18] containing an ornate doorway flanked by three windows on either side.