Chateau de Flottemanville – Redux

On By JR

Now that I’ve been able to take some photos in the main part of the Chateau Flottemanville where we spent 2 nights, I wanted to do another post to give a little more information about the place.  What a great place to stay.  I believe there are only 5 rooms for rent at the chateau – there appears there’s some kind of local restriction about that.  Only one of the rooms, the one we stayed in, was actually in the chateau. The others were all above the stables.

The chateau has always been in the innkeeper’s family but it’s clearly a real challenge (and expensive) to maintain.  It’s run by a really nice couple and their grown son, although we never saw the son.  They appear to have no other outside help. The innkeeper is semi-retired and does a little consulting and his wife teaches kindergarten in a local school.  The innkeeper struggles with English but his wife’s English is very good and we enjoyed visiting with her.  She told about her father and how on D-Day American troops came to the door of his home and, thinking he was German, shot him 5 times.  Fortunately he survived.  The Flottemanville Chateau was also occupied by American and French troops at this time.

There are 2 dining rooms in the main chateau where the guests eat breakfast every morning.  I finally remembered to take my camera to breakfast so I could take photos and I’ve also included a few more from the grounds.

Here's another shot of the chateau as you head up the driveway.
Here’s another shot of the chateau as you head up the driveway.

 

And this is a shot of the chateau from the back. There's a big back yard behind it
And this is the back of the chateau. There’s a big back yard behind it and along one side of the back lawn is a pond.

 

Back behind the back lawn is a moat that runs down behind all of the properties along here.
At the far end of the back lawn is a moat that runs behind all of the properties along here.

 

One end of the chateau contains the chapel that is next to our room.
One end of the chateau contains the chapel that is next to our room.

 

On the left side of the chateau is where our room is. There are apparently 2 rooms up here which originally were accessible by these stairs. We're not sure what's in the room on the left - ours is on the right. the access to both rooms is now around the back.
On the left end of the chateau is where our room is. There are apparently 2 rooms up here which originally were accessible by these stairs. We’re not sure what’s in the room on the left – ours is on the right. The access to both rooms is now around the back.

 

This was the entrance to our room through some flower gardens.
The entrance to our room was through these flower gardens.

 

These are the original stables where they've now turned the 2nd floor into guest rooms.
These are the original stables where they’ve now turned the 2nd floor into guest rooms.

 

There were 2 dining rooms in the main house where they served breakfast to guests.
There were 2 dining rooms in the main house where they served breakfast to guests.

 

This is the 2nd dining room. We sat next to the fireplace and it was very warm.
This is the 2nd dining room. There was a fire burning in the fireplace and it was very cozy.

 

Chuck wrote in their guest book on the buffet. Notice the horse in the stall next to him.
Chuck wrote in their guest book on the hunt table. Notice the sculptured horse in the stall next to him.

 

An antique rocking horse sat in the corner of the dining room.
An antique rocking horse sat in the corner of the dining room.

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