Cherveux plan d’eau and chateau
Cherveux plan d’eau and chateau

Cherveux plan d’eau and chateau

Bank holiday Easter Monday today but we’re not sure where the people were as they weren’t where we were! Walk around the lake and activities centre in Cheveux. Enjoyed watching someone water boarding on a line and some zip wires. Couldn’t get mum and dad to build a sand castle though

And so on to the chateau de Cherveux and our personal tour which I booked last night ( Easter Sunday!) with Google chat! The guide was M Redien whose father had bought the chateau in 1910 as farm land! He was born there 82 years ago and enjoyed sharing the legends and history with us.

The chateau fort would have had its drawbridge in the middle of this keep but it was moved to the left. Cunningham Coat of arms and a Scottish flag are both displayed.

Inside the courtyard was another drawbridge to enter the keep up some stairs in the corner to the red door, now ruined.

I think this was a sightly later entrance but it was a bit complicated and I got a bit lost with the French!
Gothic entrance though ground level higher now.
Châtelains quarters where the guide still lives.
Original tower missing on the left with 19 th century wall and windows.
One of many Drawings by Rochebrun who owned Fontenay le comte château de Terre Neuve.
Covered Walk around the top of the tower. Arrow slits adapted for muskets and then cannons with additional openings.
Carvings on every corner
Amazing roof terminated with many original beams with the nails in.

And so onto the top of another tower where the was a secret room for private meetings and another for the treasury. The stairs were still original from the 1400’s and hardly worn as they weren’t used much!

Renovated roof with scaffold holes and a double cartwheel design

And so finally on to the food store and cold house with excellent acoustics due to the design. Standing in the centre and talking was like a loudspeaker to yourself!

Two hours later home for another David speciality BBQ! Yummy as always!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *