The palette

Pale calcite and quartz walls, dark oak window frames, blue-grey slate roofs crested with iron, gold on the finials. Pale stone under tall dark roofs is the Loire look; gold is used only at the very tops.

Techniques

• Tall slate roofs
• Carved lucarnes
• Slender corner towers
• Central pavilion and symmetry
• Parterre de broderie

The steps

1. Level the grounds
2. Corps de logis: ground floor
3. Central pavilion: ground floor
4. Corps de logis: first floor
5. Central pavilion: first floor
6. Corps de logis: second floor
7. Central pavilion: second floor
8. Central pavilion: attic storey
9. Cornices
10. Grand door, balcony and clock
11. Corner tower 1
12. Corner tower 1: upper storeys
13. Corner tower 2
14. Corner tower 2: upper storeys
15. Corner tower 3
16. Corner tower 3: upper storeys
17. Corner tower 4
18. Corner tower 4: upper storeys
19. East wing: ground floor
20. East wing: first floor
21. West wing: ground floor
22. West wing: first floor
23. East turret
24. West turret
25. Corps de logis: slate roof
26. Central pavilion: tall roof
27. East wing: roof
28. West wing: roof
29. Stone lucarnes
30. Corner tower 1: cone
31. Corner tower 2: cone
32. Corner tower 3: cone
33. Corner tower 4: cone
34. East turret: cone
35. West turret: cone
36. Lantern on the pavilion
37. Tall chimneys
38. Court fountain
39. Gilded railings and the gate
40. Lamp posts in the court
41. Parterre: gravel walks and basin
42. Parterre: near east broderie
43. Parterre: near west broderie
44. Parterre: far east broderie
45. Parterre: far west broderie
46. Parterre: balustrade

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