Hideous. I would not call him a classicist. In matters of taste He’s more of a late era tacky-ist. Versailles is not classic, it’s Baroque, French Baroque to be exact. Nothing out founding fathers loved.
Chacun son goût.
I enjoy it, but then I also enjoy the Long Island Duckling School of Architecture. I was raised in Chicago by a mother who studied art so spent my childhood wandering downtown streets as mother pointed out architectural elements on very elaborate buildings. Love it all! But I can appreciate someone else’s different taste.