The long rise and the sharp fall of the Houëls of La Pommeraye

- January 20, 2018January 20, 2018

The entrance pavilion of Manoir de La Pommeraye is picturesque even on a cold winter’s day. A central archway edged with pale stones is flanked by sturdy stone tower and topped with a balcony and roofs that would look quite at home in a fairy-tale. But for Normandy, this building is

Walking in the 16th century footsteps of Gilles de Gouberville

- November 25, 2017July 30, 2018

There is an old stone tower deep in the Normandy Cotentin countryside that could be considered unremarkable. Although its rooms are an unusual combination of chapel below and dovecote above, it is a forlorn truth that this is not the sort of building people drive miles out of their way

From Radeval to Hampshire in England; the story of a Normandy manoir

- August 5, 2017August 9, 2017

This is a postcard of the Manoir des Picarts de Radeval, also known locally as Le Grande Maison and in most history books as Manoir de Radeval. Radeval is just a mile north of Les Andleys in the Eure, but to match it we had to go to Hampshire in

Something is waiting, by Chapelle Sainte Geneviève

- June 24, 2017June 11, 2017

An invisible crowd waits on the hillside, staring into a forest. They have waited so long their chairs of rocks are covered in moss, corners softened by heaps of pine needles. Chapelle Sainte Geneviève is a very strange place indeed. Rise and fall, and rise of the chapelle The first chapel was built

The devil and Château de Jumilly

- June 17, 2017July 10, 2018

Match! All that remains of Château de Jumilly Two devilish legends cling to the last few remaining stones of Château de Jumilly, deep in the Orne region of Normandy. Which is why it is generally known as Château Diable! The fall of a fine house This land is an empty place now; just a

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