The House The Story The Photographs The Valley

Chapter III

The Photographs

The album, as we kept it - the house, its rooms, its out-buildings and its grounds. Click any plate to see it full size.

The exterior

Main view of the house — Main view of the house2013

The house reflected on the lake — Reflected on the lake2013

The house with the garden in bloom — In bloom2013

All the buildings seen from across the lake — The whole property2013

Side view from the edge of the games field — From the games field2013

Close-up side view of the main house — Side view, close2013

Rear view of the house from the track — From the track2013

Aerial view of Fontmorand — From the air2013

The interior

Entrance hall viewed from the staircase — The entrance hall2013

The oak staircase seen from the front door — The staircase2013

The kitchen from the hall doorway — The kitchen2013

The kitchen from the side door — The kitchen, side door2013

Kitchen cupboards and appliances — The kitchen cupboards2013

The fireplace in the kitchen — The kitchen fireplace2013

The dining area in the front room — The dining room2013

The sitting area in the front room — The sitting room2013

The fireplace in the front room — The front-room fireplace2013

The master bedroom — The master bedroom2013

The first guest room — Guest room one2013

The second guest room — Guest room two2013

The out-buildings

The out-buildings seen from the lake — From the lake2013

The out-buildings seen from the entrance gate — From the entrance2013

The gatekeeper's cottage — The cottage2013

The open barn seen from the paddock — The open barn2013

16th-century lattice-work in the barn roof — The barn roof2013

The open barn — The open barn2013

The lean-to on the end of the open barn — The lean-to2013

The closed barn seen from the main garden — The closed barn2013

The porcherie, a closed barn — The porcherie2013

The grounds

The big lake seen from the house — The big lake2013

The big lake seen from the closed barn — The big lake, from the barn2013

The small lake — The small lake2013

The font of Fontmorand in its grove — The font2013

The house seen over the paddock — Over the paddock2013

Fontmorand · Prissac, Indre · kept online by the family who loved it