I don’t know WHAT it is about the moat that gets me so jazzed. The entire project is masterfully mesmerizing to observe, but that moat is just so exiting to see reinstated. I suppose there’s a certain bespoke, yestercentury coziness about it. The amount of minute knowledge and detail that goes into every aspect of restoration is astounding. And inspiring! Hastiness leads to poverty. But diligence leads to success. Patient planning and practice. Wisdom to live by.
3 วันที่ผ่านมา +4
Thanks for your message - we're thrilled that the restoration of Purnon's moat is floating your boat!
I now have my wife hooked on these Sunday videos! We're planning our summer vacation in 2025 with my entire family of 8 to be in France for the European Heritage days. Mark from Ohio
3 วันที่ผ่านมา +3
Wonderful! We're thrilled you're both watching our progress and we look forward to welcoming you to Chateau de Purnon in September 2025.
It's a Sunday morning here in the USA and I just turned on my phone to a new Chateau de Pernon video 😍😘 💕💕. What a wonderful way to start my day. I look forward to receiving and watching (and rewatching) all of your videos 😊. Keep up all the amazing work.
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Thanks for your message - we're thrilled that our project is a part of your Sunday morning routine.
At last my week is complete with a Purnon video! It's such a breath of fresh air to concentrate on beauty, history, artistry, and restoration. Thanks for helping calm my nerves from the stressful political discourse in the US lately. There's so much wonder and beauty in this world to focus on and what a lovely object to focus on is château Purnon!!
3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2
Thanks for your message. We're thrilled that our project here in rural France can act as an oasis in a sometimes stressful world. Wishing you peace and happiness.
As a UK carpenter, it is a principle here also that roof timbers do not touch masonry along their length. It is to prevent capillary water ingress, and create a breathable air gap. Mr Diddums knows his stuff!!
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Thank you for your message... yes, he's very good!
Its astounding and outstanding what is being achieved here with the restoration of Château de Purnon. ❤ A thought... Maybe one day... host a World Billiard Championship on this historic billiard table between the world's top two contenders and have it televised and to win the "Marquis Château de Purnon Trophy"🏆. Advertisers will pay handsomely for this opportunity too and they put up the prize money for the Winner.
The retaining wall is looking so good! Watching the stone mason cutting the stone and shaping it was very interesting to watch. What a fantastic job all these talented men have done ❤
Every week I watch in awe at the transformation of the Chateau and the care you and your team take. I loved the humour with which your architect discussed the window and roof anomalies.
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Thanks for your message and for following our journey - we're thrilled you're enjoying our adventure.
Encore une vidéo très instructive et très révélatrice de votre engagement extraordinaire. Redonner vie à votre si beau domaine, est une école de patience, de courage et certainement d'abnégation. Quelle chance de vous avoir à cette oeuvre ! Quel bonheur de voir votre enthousiasme malgré les imprévus et les difficultés que vous rencontrez sur votre chemin ! Merci à vous, comme vous le faites si souvent, de mettre en avant et à l'honneur, le talent, les connaissances, le professionnalisme et l'enthousiasme de tous ceux qui vous accompagnent dans ce merveilleux voyage (architecte, charpentiers, couvreurs, tailleurs de pierre, maçons..). Votre projet respecte l'histoire, ceux qui ont bâti Purnon et ceux qui lui redonnent la vie et le lustre du passé. Vous assurez la sauvegarde de Purnon pour les siècles à venir, c'est remarquable et tellement passionnant.
It is always such a joy here in California to check in with you on Sunday mornings with a good cup of coffee and see the progress on your lovely Chateau. (I also really enjoy the mid-week check in with the Patron video as well.) So amazing to see the billiard table back in the room it was built!
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Thanks Patricia - we're thrilled you're following our journey and we appreciate your support!
Bravo à vos équipes d'artisans, de vrais artistes 🏆. Félicitations à vous pour ce gargantuel chantier. Merci de redonner vie à cette propriété qui retrouvera toute sa splendeur 🥰
I am captivated watching your videos and seeing the uncovering of such remarkable treasures. I wish the US was more like France and the UK in protecting their architectural heritage. The diligence and care taken with this property is very inspiring.
Wow! I've been wondering about those billiard lamps! Formidable indeed! You guys couldn't do a better job than you're doing, even if you had a bunch of archeologists with sifters! Bravo!!! And so fantastic of you to share it with us. We're super lucky that YOU two found that place. Superb!!!
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Thanks for your messages and for your generous support - we really appreciate it. Great for our morale!
I am watching so many restoration projects on Y tube but yours is the biggest. 😁👍🇦🇺
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Well... our aim was always to be true to heritage preservation and to respect the history as well as the buildings themselves. Thanks for following our adventure.
What a massive project you guys have taken on, definitely not for the faint hearted, this beautiful lady is certainly coming together and stirring from many years of sleeping, tfs x Julie 🇬🇧
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Thanks for your message Julie - we're thrilled you're following our journey.
Hello to everyone working on or in this fabulous chateau. I’ve watch your videos for years now and I have to say it is one of my favorites. I love the history of it and watching the restoration of it. Someday I’d love to be able to see her in her glory.
4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1
Thanks for your message. We're thrilled you're following our journey. We'd love to be able to welcome you to Purnon during one of our Open Days.
Dear owner of Purnon, I following each steps and progress of the restauring. I'm quiet impressed by the roof which is very much like the one we got at a smalest scale however it is very similar except it is made of "peuplier" wood so it avoid the damage from worms. Our place is located in Beaujolais, the tiles are tipicale burgundian varnished tiles. Kind regards
Good morning from Key West, Florida. (We’re taking a break from our boat restoration.) Wow, such a beautiful episode! I look forward to all of them. Thank you for sharing your projects. 💜🌴🌞
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Good Morning! Thanks for your message and your continuing interest in our journey. Good luck with your project.
What a privilege to watch such an interesting and amazing restoration. Listening to you talk bout it is proof that fate chose exactly the right tow people to be the guardians of this treasure.
Adding just a little to my comments a few days ago about the construction of your roof... I did just a little research... as the construction, in concept is so close to the Nissen Hut of the first world war (though of entirely different materials) that I was really intrigued to see if there might be some connection. I found no direct connection, however I was interested to see that prefabrication of buildings was started likely in the Roman era (possibly earlier) and was certainly in use during the invasion of England by William in 1066. It seems, that pre-fabricated buildings were in origin mostly used for military applications, but the barrel vault such as you have there wasn't invented, in England, until corrugated iron made an appearance. So what you have there is really a marvel of foresightedness by the architect. (Could he have been a military architect?) It saves hugely on the gathering of large raw timbers, is simple in construction and is immensely satisfying in it's finished form. My interest in the Nissen hut came about from having worked in a second world war one over a course of a year or so and I loved the form of it. Found it very soothing a space to be in....and once had plans to convert it in to a home. More info; 'Wartime huts' by Karey Lee Draper. Wolfson College Cambridge. Looking forward to seeing more....xx
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Thank you for sharing those insights and research. We're thrilled you're following our journey and that you're seeing elements in our project that inspire memories and perspectives from your life.
Un grand merci pour tout ce que vous faites pour préserver le patrimoine français. J'adore l'attention que vous portez à cette vieille dame qu'est ce château, jusque dans le moindre détail. Cela se ressent et voit dans chacune de vos vidéos. Par exemple, dans celle-ci, le passage qui montre la vieille table de billard avec le petit rouge-gorge. ;)
As a billiard enthusiast, I would like to see the billiard table restored. In the video it looks like the table also has an unusual aspect ratio today. Nowadays all tables, no matter what size or discipline, are in a 1:2 aspect ratio, but sometimes the camera is deceptive. It would also be great to be able to follow the restoration process. Good luck with the table. 🍀
les dimensions de cette table du 18eme ou 19eme siècle est sans doute plus grande. Dans une de leurs vidéos, on voit une table identique, restaurée, au château de Versailles.
Sorry to hear about the storm damage. Hopefully you won’t have any more issues but unfortunately that is part of owning a chateau that was abandoned for so many years. Moving forward the dry mote walls look spectacular and the roof is coming along. Finally, your cinematography is incredible! Keep up the great work!
You caught that too,., I thought if a picture was taken.. and then someone made a painting of it… to hang in the billiard room.. and to make prints of… or cards… to sell… and put the funds back in Miss Purnons “ pot” guess a screen shot could do the trick. I love the world billiard competition idea too. Look how we’re all coming together to watch this “nest” being restored…Feels like we’re family…! ❤🌎🌍🌏❤
I've been waiting for the first part of this video for months, thanks for this, it answers many questions. Would love to see more detail about the process.
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Thanks for your message - we're thrilled you're following our journey. We look forward to sharing more of our progress.
I was so excited to see this video! Wow you've accomplished so much and these informative videos are the best. Thank you for sharing. I'm really impressed with how you manage the complex and overlapping jobs going on at the same time. Your Architect must be a very excited and well organised man to keep everything so well planned out.
We've been wondering how this is all coming together. Thanks for sharing the behind the scenes info. It's such a beautiful restoration. We've also been wondering what the intent is when the restoration is complete. Will it be a private residence, museum or can visitors stay in the rooms like a bed and breakfast?
Exciting about the billiard table restoration to start so that means the room will be started ! More skilled trades being put to worked we do not have enough skilled trades in our young country Canada !In our area we do promote for skilled trades as the schools trying promote you can easily a decent living as a trade person instead working on a keyboard all day ! That way people building future homes or repair our older ones will carry on the benefit of working with your hands and your brain ! Hard work can only benefit a person with the satisfaction of doing good work!and being proud of what they accomplish ! Try to instill that with any young person I meet ! The reward of completion of a good job done is immense to yourself and can say I did that ! U am 70 years young working on my little 1963 bungalow improving but making the most of the few original features like cove molding! Complimentary colours to not over take the simple structure of the home ! Not the old 60s colours avocado and gold going for a softer more soft pallette! Neighbours loving it so far ! Thank you for inspiration from your work !
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Thanks for your message. We're thrilled that you're drawing inspiration from our adventure as you tackle your project in Canada. Best wishes to you - we're thrilled you're following our journey.
Tim is going to have the most wonderful calves, walking up and down those stairs a million times, can't wait till shorts weather. Flic must feel like the grand duchess being the only woman amongst all those men. 😂😂😂😊
How did the French Revolution impact the Marquis and his family? Were they stripped of their aristocratic titles? Was the chateau ransacked? So fascinating to think of those turbulent times that Purnon miraculously survived.
Tim, Flick - The Oak beams are they good enough to make little cheese boards for your shop? Another awesome and most informative episode, the wonders of the 1800’s are so outstanding and the quality, though the Architect did find an anomaly with the different sides of the chateau, that was also very interesting. Until the next episode, thank you guys such a honour to be able to watch this once in a lifetime restoration and being to share this with you is amazing. God Bless
3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1
The oak beams and pieces that are being removed have pretty much had it. They fragment in our hands as we carry them away. The ones that have failed have normally been wet for some time or trapped in a position where moisture and air could not circulate. Once again, we're thrilled that you're enjoying watching our journey.
You are so lucky that the papers and so much of the interior and furniture have been saved, by happenstance of on purpose, regardless, it is the central gift of the universe or gods of fate (or whatever you believe in) to you. Without it, restoration would be almost impossible and then we would get the modern idiocies we see in chateaus bought by Chinese and Americans who don't care and don't know.
Wonderful video as always! So much going on right now. Every time I see that enormous crane in the opening I think of what it did to the networks under the ground.... Monsieur Didier sure has his capable hands full, but I wonder if he works more than one enormous project (like yours) at a time? Oh and another question: What are the cuts done into the sides of the stones (keystones?) above the moat's storerooms? Is that for mortar that will be piped in later or stability as is? Thanks. This has got to be the biggest and best restoration on TH-cam and I'm loving it! ♥B
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Thanks for your message - thrilled you enjoyed this episode. yes, the grooves are for the limestone mortar, it keeps the pointing completely flush.
Is there an episode where you go through the process of determining who your restoration architect would be? Seems like a daunting task to find the right person for the project.
4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3
No, not a specific video as such. We interviewed a couple. After meeting Monsieur Didier who was recommended to us by a friend who has occupied senior roles in French heritage protection, we knew immediately that we had found the person to guide us on this journey. We were thrilled he agreed to take on this mission.
Great to see the progress, I'm looking forward to visiting the château sometime soon! I'd love to do a historical montage about it for my channel as well 🔔
Just one point, you said that: 1) the billiards's room was made for the billiards's table and, 2) the billiards's table was made for the billiards's room. I fully agree with 1), but I think that 2) is likely but not certain. It was quite usual that a guy who ordered a new chateau brought some pieces of furniture he already owned, generally from another chateau. It was fashionable to live in a "modern" house, with "modern" furniture, which means that a wealthy Louis the XVIth area individual preferred to live in a Louis the XVIth style chateau with Louis the XVIth style furniture, but those guys rarely throw away anything, and you may guess that if the Marquis Achard de la Haye had such a beautiful billiards room built in his new chateau, it means that he already practiced billiard and he might have owned a billiard table elsewhere before building Purnon. In that case the billiard table might be older than 1771.
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The archives tell us that the chateau's carpenter made the billiard table for the chateau. Obviously the stone masons etc crafted the billiard room. So, no, the billiard table was not brought to the chateau.
What an amazing job! I’m curious as to why the new opening in the dry moat walls is smaller than the arch. Is it for strength?
4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2
Thanks for your message. The 'faces' of the cellar vaults are being restored as we found them and as they were originally constructed. They were built like that because the vaulted cellars were intended for storage of food stuffs etc and so it was necessary to place doors in front of the cellars to protect and preserve the things store inside.
We're all laughing wondering if the bird that flew in & landed briefly on the relic billiard table received architect "Monsieur Diddier's" permission? 😀😂🤣
What I am really interested in is the story of how you managed to get Didier and how you managed to navigate the systems in france to get funding from zero? How much of your own money are you putting in and how much is funded or granted and what, if any, ties are associated with this?
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Many of these questions are answered in this Q&A here: th-cam.com/video/p_omQnvDXzg/w-d-xo.html. The question of how we secured the services of the remarkable Monsieur Didier is not addressed however - perhaps another day.
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I don’t know WHAT it is about the moat that gets me so jazzed. The entire project is masterfully mesmerizing to observe, but that moat is just so exiting to see reinstated. I suppose there’s a certain bespoke, yestercentury coziness about it.
The amount of minute knowledge and detail that goes into every aspect of restoration is astounding. And inspiring! Hastiness leads to poverty. But diligence leads to success. Patient planning and practice. Wisdom to live by.
Thanks for your message - we're thrilled that the restoration of Purnon's moat is floating your boat!
I now have my wife hooked on these Sunday videos! We're planning our summer vacation in 2025 with my entire family of 8 to be in France for the European Heritage days. Mark from Ohio
Wonderful! We're thrilled you're both watching our progress and we look forward to welcoming you to Chateau de Purnon in September 2025.
Love it that the bird flew in to inspect the billiard table.
Yes! Made my imagination fly!
That's a European robin. American robins are named after them but belong to an entirely different bird family (they are thrushes).
Thanks for explaining how the project is broken up. Makes so much sense!
We're thrilled you found this interesting.
Love watching the craftsmen working their magic to make the chateau whole again ❤❤❤❤❤
Our artisans are incredible - without them, saving Chateau de Purnon would be impossible.
It's a Sunday morning here in the USA and I just turned on my phone to a new Chateau de Pernon video 😍😘 💕💕. What a wonderful way to start my day. I look forward to receiving and watching (and rewatching) all of your videos 😊. Keep up all the amazing work.
Thanks for your message - we're thrilled that our project is a part of your Sunday morning routine.
Watching from the Bahamas! ❤ 🇧🇸
Ditto... Coffee in hand.
Me too...sipping on spiced tea on this chilly morning and watching the latest Chateau de Pernon video...from the USA.
It brings us immense joy to know that people from around the world are connected to each other while watching this project unfold.
It has to be incredibly rewarding for the artisans to have the time & resources to do their work the best that they can 🌟
We are in awe of our incredible artisans - without them, saving Chateau de Purnon would be impossible.
At last my week is complete with a Purnon video! It's such a breath of fresh air to concentrate on beauty, history, artistry, and restoration. Thanks for helping calm my nerves from the stressful political discourse in the US lately. There's so much wonder and beauty in this world to focus on and what a lovely object to focus on is château Purnon!!
Thanks for your message. We're thrilled that our project here in rural France can act as an oasis in a sometimes stressful world. Wishing you peace and happiness.
As a UK carpenter, it is a principle here also that roof timbers do not touch masonry along their length. It is to prevent capillary water ingress, and create a breathable air gap. Mr Diddums knows his stuff!!
Thank you for your message... yes, he's very good!
Diddums? 😂
Yes... well, he'll get over it!
@@FelonFitness Yeah, my French needs a little brushing up! Truthfully, though, it's good to see a "suit" who actually knows his stuff!
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Its astounding and outstanding what is being achieved here with the restoration of Château de Purnon. ❤
A thought...
Maybe one day...
host a World Billiard Championship on this historic billiard table between the world's top two contenders and have it televised and to win the "Marquis Château de Purnon Trophy"🏆. Advertisers will pay handsomely for this opportunity too and they put up the prize money for the Winner.
The retaining wall is looking so good! Watching the stone mason cutting the stone and shaping it was very interesting to watch. What a fantastic job all these talented men have done ❤
Every week I watch in awe at the transformation of the Chateau and the care you and your team take. I loved the humour with which your architect discussed the window and roof anomalies.
Thanks for your message and for following our journey - we're thrilled you're enjoying our adventure.
Encore une vidéo très instructive et très révélatrice de votre engagement extraordinaire.
Redonner vie à votre si beau domaine, est une école de patience, de courage et certainement d'abnégation. Quelle chance de vous avoir à cette oeuvre ! Quel bonheur de voir votre enthousiasme malgré les imprévus et les difficultés que vous rencontrez sur votre chemin !
Merci à vous, comme vous le faites si souvent, de mettre en avant et à l'honneur, le talent, les connaissances, le professionnalisme et l'enthousiasme de tous ceux qui vous accompagnent dans ce merveilleux voyage (architecte, charpentiers, couvreurs, tailleurs de pierre, maçons..).
Votre projet respecte l'histoire, ceux qui ont bâti Purnon et ceux qui lui redonnent la vie et le lustre du passé. Vous assurez la sauvegarde de Purnon pour les siècles à venir, c'est remarquable et tellement passionnant.
I just love seeing the chateau coming alive under your dedication to restore it! The attention to detail is superb.
Thank you - we're thrilled you're following our journey.
It is always such a joy here in California to check in with you on Sunday mornings with a good cup of coffee and see the progress on your lovely Chateau. (I also really enjoy the mid-week check in with the Patron video as well.) So amazing to see the billiard table back in the room it was built!
Thanks Patricia - we're thrilled you're following our journey and we appreciate your support!
Votre force est la passion qui vous anime pour cette œuvre de restauration de ce château, bravo à vous.
Merci pour votre message.
love the boots and socks love that through all that mud, dust and dirt girlfriend tries and stays stylish..the markers of a true lady...
The work gear is from Hard Yakka - iconic Australian work wear that is now available in Europe and the US. We can strongly recommend it!
Can’t believe the progress on the dry moat walls.
All the workmanship in general is a thing of great beauty.
Thrilled you're enjoying seeing the progress.
That billiard room with its sloping walls and the magnificent table is going to be amazing!
Thanks Ellen - we can't wait to share the next steps!
You all do a amazing job there.
Thanks!
Bravo à vos équipes d'artisans, de vrais artistes 🏆.
Félicitations à vous pour ce gargantuel chantier. Merci de redonner vie à cette propriété qui retrouvera toute sa splendeur 🥰
Merci pour votre message.
I am captivated watching your videos and seeing the uncovering of such remarkable treasures. I wish the US was more like France and the UK in protecting their architectural heritage. The diligence and care taken with this property is very inspiring.
There is preservation, much of it by private. Recently Mount Vernon. Most important is to continue to keep national parks from being destroyed.
Wow! I've been wondering about those billiard lamps! Formidable indeed!
You guys couldn't do a better job than you're doing, even if you had a bunch of archeologists with sifters! Bravo!!! And so fantastic of you to share it with us. We're super lucky that YOU two found that place. Superb!!!
Thanks for your messages and for your generous support - we really appreciate it. Great for our morale!
Thanks for this. It gives me a much clearer idea of the sheer scale of the project and the way everyone works together.
We're thrilled you enjoyed this episode.
It's an awesome and exciting adventure you are taking us on! Thank you for sharing . From a fellow Australian. . You both are doing us proud ❤
Thanks for your message - we're thrilled you're following our adventure from Down Under!
I am watching so many restoration projects on Y tube but yours is the biggest. 😁👍🇦🇺
Well... our aim was always to be true to heritage preservation and to respect the history as well as the buildings themselves. Thanks for following our adventure.
Following from Central Coast of NSW Australia 🦘🇦🇺🦘🇦🇺
Following from Country NSW Australia 🇦🇺
WOW the wall garden is coming along Beautifully 😮 I Love watching this space coming to life again 💕🇦🇺💕
We marvel at ancient buildings but this chateau and now restoration, are equally impressive!
Thank you !
I look forward to your updates every week. Thank you.
We're thrilled you're following our journey!
What a massive project you guys have taken on, definitely not for the faint hearted, this beautiful lady is certainly coming together and stirring from many years of sleeping, tfs x Julie 🇬🇧
Thanks for your message Julie - we're thrilled you're following our journey.
It is such an incredible huge project and so interesting and fascinating to follow.
We're thrilled you're following Louise - thanks for your message.
It’s looking fantastic absolutely stunning
Thank you!
Hello to everyone working on or in this fabulous chateau. I’ve watch your videos for years now and I have to say it is one of my favorites. I love the history of it and watching the restoration of it. Someday I’d love to be able to see her in her glory.
Thanks for your message. We're thrilled you're following our journey. We'd love to be able to welcome you to Purnon during one of our Open Days.
Dear owner of Purnon,
I following each steps and progress of the restauring.
I'm quiet impressed by the roof which is very much like the one we got at a smalest scale however it is very similar except it is made of "peuplier" wood so it avoid the damage from worms.
Our place is located in Beaujolais, the tiles are tipicale burgundian varnished tiles.
Kind regards
Oh, things are progressing faster than it seems. ❤ that you share it with us all!
Our pleasure!
Good morning from Key West, Florida. (We’re taking a break from our boat restoration.) Wow, such a beautiful episode! I look forward to all of them. Thank you for sharing your projects. 💜🌴🌞
Good Morning! Thanks for your message and your continuing interest in our journey. Good luck with your project.
So enjoy your restoration! Well done
Thank you!
This is a good reminder of how good, hardworking and skilled people still exist. Learn by doing, find solutions when you have a clear goal.
What a privilege to watch such an interesting and amazing restoration. Listening to you talk bout it is proof that fate chose exactly the right tow people to be the guardians of this treasure.
Spell check let me down. Sorry.
No matter - thanks for your message. We're thrilled you're following our journey.
Adding just a little to my comments a few days ago about the construction of your roof... I did just a little research... as the construction, in concept is so close to the Nissen Hut of the first world war (though of entirely different materials) that I was really intrigued to see if there might be some connection. I found no direct connection, however I was interested to see that prefabrication of buildings was started likely in the Roman era (possibly earlier) and was certainly in use during the invasion of England by William in 1066. It seems, that pre-fabricated buildings were in origin mostly used for military applications, but the barrel vault such as you have there wasn't invented, in England, until corrugated iron made an appearance.
So what you have there is really a marvel of foresightedness by the architect. (Could he have been a military architect?) It saves hugely on the gathering of large raw timbers, is simple in construction and is immensely satisfying in it's finished form.
My interest in the Nissen hut came about from having worked in a second world war one over a course of a year or so and I loved the form of it. Found it very soothing a space to be in....and once had plans to convert it in to a home. More info; 'Wartime huts' by Karey Lee Draper. Wolfson College Cambridge.
Looking forward to seeing more....xx
Thank you for sharing those insights and research. We're thrilled you're following our journey and that you're seeing elements in our project that inspire memories and perspectives from your life.
My favorite Chateau channel! 🩵
Wonderful! We're thrilled!
Thank you for sharing another wonderful video ,much love from our home to your home 🫶🫶
Un grand merci pour tout ce que vous faites pour préserver le patrimoine français. J'adore l'attention que vous portez à cette vieille dame qu'est ce château, jusque dans le moindre détail. Cela se ressent et voit dans chacune de vos vidéos. Par exemple, dans celle-ci, le passage qui montre la vieille table de billard avec le petit rouge-gorge. ;)
Avec plaisir! Merci pour votre super message.
Another beautiful video to start my week off right! Thank you🙏🏻
Thank you! We're thrilled our adventure is part of your weekly routine!
Formidable ! Merci !
Merci pour votre message!
Every aspect of this restoration is so awe-inspiring!!...just incredible!!!
Thank you! Thrilled you're enjoying our adventure.
Incroyable! 👏👏
11:44 LOL the robin! 😍😄
Thank you for the video. Appreciate the scale of the restoration and seeing the exquisite workmanship.
We're thrilled you're enjoying seeing the craftsmanship.
As a billiard enthusiast, I would like to see the billiard table restored. In the video it looks like the table also has an unusual aspect ratio today. Nowadays all tables, no matter what size or discipline, are in a 1:2 aspect ratio, but sometimes the camera is deceptive. It would also be great to be able to follow the restoration process. Good luck with the table. 🍀
les dimensions de cette table du 18eme ou 19eme siècle est sans doute plus grande.
Dans une de leurs vidéos, on voit une table identique, restaurée, au château de Versailles.
Sorry to hear about the storm damage. Hopefully you won’t have any more issues but unfortunately that is part of owning a chateau that was abandoned for so many years. Moving forward the dry mote walls look spectacular and the roof is coming along. Finally, your cinematography is incredible! Keep up the great work!
Thanks for your message and good wishes.
The robin flying in and landing on the table ❤❤❤
You caught that too,., I thought if a picture was taken.. and then someone made a painting of it… to hang in the billiard room.. and to make prints of… or cards… to sell… and put the funds back in Miss Purnons “ pot” guess a screen shot could do the trick.
I love the world billiard competition idea too. Look how we’re all coming together to watch this “nest” being restored…Feels like we’re family…! ❤🌎🌍🌏❤
Have a wonderful week! We must be restoration and history nerds to have such excitement every weekly video.
Thank you - we hope so! You too.
As a Francophile who plans to live somewhere in Europe in a few years time I hope to visit Chateau de Purnon!
We'd love to welcome you during one of our Open Days each September.
Lord I don't know how they listen to that tool screeching across that stone all day- makes my skin crawl!
The construction is amazing
Thank you! We're thrilled you enjoyed this episode.
Thank you for this part of the restoration it is so amazing and interesting
We look forward to sharing further progress.
Merci pour ce beau moment 😊
Merci pour votre message et soutien!
Very excited to see that room and table restored!
We can't wait to share the next steps.
I've been waiting for the first part of this video for months, thanks for this, it answers many questions. Would love to see more detail about the process.
Thanks for your message - we're thrilled you're following our journey. We look forward to sharing more of our progress.
Well done you guys!
Thank you!
Can’t wait to see the billiard table brought back to life the room is a impressive place indeed ❤
I was so excited to see this video! Wow you've accomplished so much and these informative videos are the best. Thank you for sharing. I'm really impressed with how you manage the complex and overlapping jobs going on at the same time. Your Architect must be a very excited and well organised man to keep everything so well planned out.
heureusement qu' il est bien organisé, il est architecte en chef au château de Versailles !!!
Wow!!! So many "moving parts". Absolutely fascinating to see how it's done. ❤ Haha "slow and steady wins the race" 😉 eh!?
Exactly! Thanks for your message.
We've been wondering how this is all coming together. Thanks for sharing the behind the scenes info. It's such a beautiful restoration. We've also been wondering what the intent is when the restoration is complete. Will it be a private residence, museum or can visitors stay in the rooms like a bed and breakfast?
Thanks again Flick and Tim good to see you guys thanks for sharing and hello Mademoiselle Truffe
Thanks Michael - we're thrilled you enjoyed this episode.
Great start to the week. The project is gaining momentum and is fascinating to witness. Hello from Monday morning in Melbourne Australia.
Thanks for your message - we suspect it's a little hotter where you are than here in France right now!
Yes, it’s not a DIY project… I am sure that your lineage passed & future benefit greatly from this great undertaking. Awesome project 😊
Thrilled you enjoyed this episode.
I’m loving this. It’s keeping me well entertained. ❤
Thrilled you're enjoying our adventure!
Absolutely beautiful ❤❤❤❤
Thank you!
The stone artisans are amazing!!
Thank you for acknowledging the incredible artisans - without them, saving Chateau de Purnon would be impossible.
Wow first pictures I’ve seen of the billiards table reassembled what an absolute treasure found in that
We look forward to sharing the next steps in its restoration.
Thank you, so intriguing to learn about how things were back in time.
Amazing!!!
Thank you!
I enjoy seeing the stonework coming along outside, but I really love watching the rooms being restored. When is the next one coming up?
Exciting about the billiard table restoration to start so that means the room will be started ! More skilled trades being put to worked we do not have enough skilled trades in our young country Canada !In our area we do promote for skilled trades as the schools trying promote you can easily a decent living as a trade person instead working on a keyboard all day ! That way people building future homes or repair our older ones will carry on the benefit of working with your hands and your brain ! Hard work can only benefit a person with the satisfaction of doing good work!and being proud of what they accomplish ! Try to instill that with any young person I meet ! The reward of completion of a good job done is immense to yourself and can say I did that ! U am 70 years young working on my little 1963 bungalow improving but making the most of the few original features like cove molding! Complimentary colours to not over take the simple structure of the home ! Not the old 60s colours avocado and gold going for a softer more soft pallette! Neighbours loving it so far ! Thank you for inspiration from your work !
Thanks for your message. We're thrilled that you're drawing inspiration from our adventure as you tackle your project in Canada. Best wishes to you - we're thrilled you're following our journey.
Tim is going to have the most wonderful calves, walking up and down those stairs a million times, can't wait till shorts weather. Flic must feel like the grand duchess being the only woman amongst all those men. 😂😂😂😊
We're both blushing...
Great progress on the Billiard Table! How exciting!
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Thanks! Can't wait for the next steps.
fantastic! all the very best, Henrik
Thank you - as always!
I enjoy watching this challenge so much
We're thrilled you're enjoying our adventure!
I’m wondering what the stone sculptures are on the bridge? Dogs, little lions? Looks like something with a face and legs.
How did the French Revolution impact the Marquis and his family? Were they stripped of their aristocratic titles? Was the chateau ransacked? So fascinating to think of those turbulent times that Purnon miraculously survived.
There is an earlier link with the history during and after the revolution, along with fate of the original owners
Tim, Flick - The Oak beams are they good enough to make little cheese boards for your shop? Another awesome and most informative episode, the wonders of the 1800’s are so outstanding and the quality, though the Architect did find an anomaly with the different sides of the chateau, that was also very interesting. Until the next episode, thank you guys such a honour to be able to watch this once in a lifetime restoration and being to share this with you is amazing. God Bless
The oak beams and pieces that are being removed have pretty much had it. They fragment in our hands as we carry them away. The ones that have failed have normally been wet for some time or trapped in a position where moisture and air could not circulate. Once again, we're thrilled that you're enjoying watching our journey.
The mote wall is going to be a masterpiece
We hope so - we look forward to sharing further progress.
I can't even imagine trying to fix each and every one of those rotted timbers for the roof. 3:20 What an incredible work these artisans are doing!!
That sweet bird that had a quick visit on the billards table, maybe a visitor from the past concenting to your marvellous restoration works.
Mons Didier is incredible. This video really shows just how fragile (and rotten) the original oak roof is. A miracle that it hadn’t fully collapsed.
What are your plans for the two lions on the bridge ??????? Dallas, Texas...
They will be addressed in a future phase of works.
One of the reasons I watch you guys is because you take the time to respond. Thanks so much....Dallas, Texas
well there's a surprise the builder 200 yrs ago took a shifty shortcut
You are so lucky that the papers and so much of the interior and furniture have been saved, by happenstance of on purpose, regardless, it is the central gift of the universe or gods of fate (or whatever you believe in) to you. Without it, restoration would be almost impossible and then we would get the modern idiocies we see in chateaus bought by Chinese and Americans who don't care and don't know.
Fascinating truly
Thrilled you found this episode interesting.
Wonderful video as always! So much going on right now. Every time I see that enormous crane in the opening I think of what it did to the networks under the ground....
Monsieur Didier sure has his capable hands full, but I wonder if he works more than one enormous project (like yours) at a time? Oh and another question: What are the cuts done into the sides of the stones (keystones?) above the moat's storerooms? Is that for mortar that will be piped in later or stability as is? Thanks.
This has got to be the biggest and best restoration on TH-cam and I'm loving it! ♥B
Thanks for your message - thrilled you enjoyed this episode. yes, the grooves are for the limestone mortar, it keeps the pointing completely flush.
Watching from Canada❤
Wonderful! Enjoy!
Is there an episode where you go through the process of determining who your restoration architect would be? Seems like a daunting task to find the right person for the project.
No, not a specific video as such. We interviewed a couple. After meeting Monsieur Didier who was recommended to us by a friend who has occupied senior roles in French heritage protection, we knew immediately that we had found the person to guide us on this journey. We were thrilled he agreed to take on this mission.
Great to see the progress, I'm looking forward to visiting the château sometime soon! I'd love to do a historical montage about it for my channel as well 🔔
Just one point, you said that: 1) the billiards's room was made for the billiards's table and, 2) the billiards's table was made for the billiards's room. I fully agree with 1), but I think that 2) is likely but not certain. It was quite usual that a guy who ordered a new chateau brought some pieces of furniture he already owned, generally from another chateau. It was fashionable to live in a "modern" house, with "modern" furniture, which means that a wealthy Louis the XVIth area individual preferred to live in a Louis the XVIth style chateau with Louis the XVIth style furniture, but those guys rarely throw away anything, and you may guess that if the Marquis Achard de la Haye had such a beautiful billiards room built in his new chateau, it means that he already practiced billiard and he might have owned a billiard table elsewhere before building Purnon. In that case the billiard table might be older than 1771.
The archives tell us that the chateau's carpenter made the billiard table for the chateau. Obviously the stone masons etc crafted the billiard room. So, no, the billiard table was not brought to the chateau.
What an amazing job! I’m curious as to why the new opening in the dry moat walls is smaller than the arch. Is it for strength?
Thanks for your message. The 'faces' of the cellar vaults are being restored as we found them and as they were originally constructed. They were built like that because the vaulted cellars were intended for storage of food stuffs etc and so it was necessary to place doors in front of the cellars to protect and preserve the things store inside.
Thanks for responding! It makes sense now that you’ve explained it! The whole restoration process is so fascinating!!!!
We're thrilled you're enjoying the journey.
@@charc9009 I was wondering the same thing.
We're all laughing wondering if the bird that flew in & landed briefly on the relic billiard table received architect "Monsieur Diddier's" permission? 😀😂🤣
the stone work is perfection!
The table is lovely what a treasure. I have a question, what is the current state of progress in the shower rooms?
What I am really interested in is the story of how you managed to get Didier and how you managed to navigate the systems in france to get funding from zero? How much of your own money are you putting in and how much is funded or granted and what, if any, ties are associated with this?
Many of these questions are answered in this Q&A here: th-cam.com/video/p_omQnvDXzg/w-d-xo.html. The question of how we secured the services of the remarkable Monsieur Didier is not addressed however - perhaps another day.
I wonder how many workers were on site when purmon was built.....where did they live....where did they eat ....especially in winter.....