RESCUING history: SAVING the Château & its past. Château restoration #21 

Exactly! The roof is running from afar and when viewed up close. Thanks for your message.

Thanks for your message. The roofing team is doing a superb job.

We agree! The team from Farrow & Ball has created something wonderful with the motifs uncovered at the chateau.

It's beautiful. We're thrilled it caught the eye of the team from Farrow & Ball.

Thanks for your message. We're thrilled that these original motifs have been reawakened by the team at Farrow & Ball. We can't wait to share each room with you as the restoration continues.

Thank you! The team at Farrow & Ball has created something elegant and beautiful with this paper.

I just wish you would have chosen a better color for the ones you put up it’s too bright red

7:18 why didn’t you take that exact color for the biblotheque it would have looked so much more in design with the rest of the chateau The red screams at you

Indeed! We're thrilled you're following our journey!

Thanks for your message!

Thanks for your message. We're thrilled you're following our journey.

Thanks for your message. We're thrilled you found it so informative.

Merci beaucoup pour votre message!

Thank you for your message!

Often wondered whether such people are simply reincarnated past owners?

We feel that our French accents would be better if that were true!

If you have money you can change anything.

Hope they find another property to document after this one

Well, we hope you are enjoying our channel! Design, craftsmanship, history and heritage restoration are at the heart of our journey to rescue Chateau de Purnon.

Thanks for your message. We're thrilled you enjoyed the episode.

Thanks for your message. We are thrilled that you love our Channel. We wanted to create something that respected the beauty and history of Chateau de Purnon. We hope that other people who admire heritage preservation and seek a restoration based on traditional techniques, materials and honouring the history of this special place enjoy our adventure also!

Thanks for your wonderful message and for acknowledging the work of our artisans. We're thrilled you enjoyed the episode. One minor point of clarification - the craftsmen's marks (the tool tracings and signatures) are etched in stone on our chimney stacks not plaster.

It would be impossible to save Chateau de Purnon without our amazing artisans! Thanks for acknowledging their work and skill.

Thanks for your message. Thrilled you love our choice. The Farrow & Ball has created something wonderful with the motifs uncovered at the chateau.

Thanks for your message. We're thrilled that you're enjoying each episode and finding them informative at the same time.

Thrilled you love it! Thanks for your message.

Exactly. They crafted things of such exquisite beauty.

Chateau de Purnon is beautiful. Watching her reawakening after decades of slumber is a privilege. Thanks for your message.

A very unique feeling, so much history there. Amazing.

If you look back over the some of our recent videos there is footage of the roofers signing their names and dating their work on some of the flashing. Thank you for following our journey!

Thank you😊 and thank you for sharing your videos and knowledge💙 Have a beautiful day 🦋🌼🌸🌺

Thank you for your wonderful message. We are thrilled that you are enjoying our journey. We wanted history and heritage preservation to sit at the heart of our project. Our videos seek to honour the traditional techniques, materials and craftsmanship that is the focus of our adventure. It brings us great joy that there are people around the world who share our passion!

Thank you, I love everything about your videos, and you are both such lovely hosts. They're is always something to learn on your videos. You make them so interesting. Thank you 🥰

Merci beaucoup!

Thanks for your feedback - we're thrilled you love the Farrow & Ball wallpaper!

We're just completing the finishing touches. We can't wait to share it with everyone! Thanks for your message.

Thank you!

Thanks for your message. The design is exquisite. The Farrow & Ball team has created something wonderful with the motifs uncovered at the chateau.

This is wonderful!! Thank you so much for your support!!

Gracias por su mensaje. Estamos encantados de que su amor por la arquitectura francesa le haya traído a nuestro canal de RU-vid. Le deseamos lo mejor.

Chateau de Purnon is a beautiful, tranquil and elegant place. It's hard to compare one chateau with another in terms of beauty. Each place has a different story to tell. Thanks for your message!

The whole of the Stage 1 works (which covers the restoration of the stone facades, the slate roof, guttering etc, the restoration of the ten chimney stacks, the restoration of all of the chateau's window shutters and all of the windows on the second floor of the chateau plus the restoration of four busts and the restoration of the bridge the traverses the dry moat at the rear of the chateau) will cost approximately 2.8 million euros. Thank you for following our journey.

Каждый человек имеет право на свое мнение. Нам это нравится!

It would be impossible to save Chateau de Purnon without the skill and expertise of our amazing artisans.

Please watch some of our earlier episodes. You will see our roofers signing and dating some of their work. Thanks for your message!

We're thrilled you're enjoying our journey. We wanted our restoration to place history and heritage preservation at its heart. It is important to us to honour the amazing skills of our artisans. Without them, saving Chateau de Purnon would be impossible. It brings us great joy that people from around the world are fascinated by our adventure. Thank you for your message.

Me too. I love seeing the nuts and bolts of how the work is done.

Love the technical parts.

Thank you for your wonderful message. We are thrilled that people from across the world are sharing in our journey undertaking a restoration that honours history and heritage!

Our stone masons are amazing. We're thrilled you enjoyed this episode.

Thank you for bringing all of the intricacies to us, such a task you have taken on.

Each episode reminds us of how far we've come!

It would be impossible to save Chateau de Purnon without the skill and dedication of our amazing artisans. Thanks for your message!

We're thrilled you're enjoying our adventure!

Thanks for your message. The team at Farrow & Ball has created something elegant and beautiful.

Merci pour votre message!

Thank you for your message. It's a work of art.

Completely agree, stunning!!!😢 from the beauty!! ❤😊

Thank you for your beautiful messages. It's wonderful for our morale to see others who are inspired by our journey!

Me too 🥲

We're thrilled you're enjoying each episode. Thank you for your message!

Join the club! MY postgraduate degree was in the History of Art and Architecture. 😀

Thank you for your message. We feel very connected to this special place. We hope it comes across as we tell her story and share her secrets!

Indeed! Saving Chateau de Purnon would be impossible without the skill and dedication of our incredible artisans.

Thank you! Our roofing team has done a remarkable job.

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She's a wonderful part of our family!

We're thrilled that you're enjoying our journey!

Thanks for following our journey. The progress is good for our morale!

I find it incredible that they lay those tiles straight onto the wood battens...no modern moisture barriers or anything.

Please watch the video again - we point out the waterproof membrane and the insulation at the start of the segment.

Thank you for your message. Yes, we love it too. It makes a very stylish and elegant statement.

I loved it too. I went to see about purchasing it, but I couldn't figure out the pricing or how much one roll would cover? All it said was 205,00 in euros?

We would encourage you to click on the link below. It will take you straight to Farrow & Ball's website outlining The Purnon Papers. FYI the rolls are 53cm wide by 10 metres in length. www.farrow-ball.com/collection/the-purnon-papers

I wish she would have used the black one or the grey one

Thank you for your message. Farrow & Ball's team has created something wonderful with the motifs uncovered at the chateau. And we appreciate you acknowledging the extraordinary skills of our artisans. Without them, saving Chateau de Purnon would be impossible.

Cat alongside?😊

We're thrilled that our adventure is such an integral part of your Sunday morning! Thanks for your message.

I just am just gobsmacked at all the craftsmanship of all these artisans! Such a fascinating journey. I can understand the joy it must bring you both along the way and with each project that you embark on. The wall papers are just beautiful! ❤

Thanks for your message. We agree about the wallpapers - the team from Farrow & Ball has created something wonderful with the motifs uncovered at the chateau.

They are wonderful. Saving Chateau de Purnon would be impossible without them. Thanks for following!

They are fabulous. Saving Chateau de Purnon would be impossible without them.

The team at Farrow & Ball has created something special with the motifs uncovered at the chateau. Thanks for your message!

Can't wait for you to see it in person! Thanks Dibs xx

We love it too. it makes a stunning and elegant statement. Thanks for following our adventure!

Many talented and creative people... thank you!

Welcome - we hope you enjoy following our adventure!

Thanks for your message. We're thrilled that you're enjoying our adventure!

Yes, they are larger. The idea was not to simply copy the original papers and produce exact replicas. Instead, the original papers acted as inspiration for the contemporary designs. The modern papers are designed to be suitable for a wide range of houses, apartments etc, so the creative team at Farrow & Ball adjusted the motif sizes and colours as required. Thanks for your message.

Thank you for your message. We're thrilled that you're enjoying following our journey!

Thanks for your message. Saving Chateau de Purnon would be impossible without the amazing skills of our artisans.

Thanks for your message. The team from Farrow & Ball has created something amazing with the motifs uncovered at the chateau.

We love them too! The team from Farrow & Ball has created something special with the motifs uncovered at the chateau.

Listed properties get state and regional subsidies as well as tax exemptions for the money spent by owners. Generally speaking properties get listed only if and when the owner ask for that, so there are no big issues. It is not always true because in some case the government makes "classement d'office" which means that it lists some properties without owner's consent, but it is rare. There are 2 levels of listing : "classement" and "inscription", "classement" being the highest level. Most owners like "classement", because it allows a good level of subsidies/tax-exemption. "Inscription" is more of an issue, because constrains are nearly the same and subsidies or tax-exemptions are much lower. Also, "classement" or "inscription" can make problems for neighbors, because all external works on buildings that can be seen while seeing a "classé" or "inscrit" building will need special approvals.

@@laurentdavid2147 Thank you! That was very helpful. I thought the gov't often made "classement d'office". Maybe it's the UK, I'm thinking about.

Also, most listed properties are privately owned. The responsibility of maintenance is on the private owners who can apply for help from various government agencies. The reason why some historical buildings are abandoned it’s because of fighting between heirs, or unknown heirs or any other kind of problem connected with ownership of the property.

@@flojolivet512 Also, you can see listed buildings belonging to people that don't maintain them and don't sell them either, while other people are interested in buying and repairing them, because the owners expect unrealistic prices. Generally they get reasonable just before those buildings crumble, but sometimes it is too late. French administration has some power to prevent inappropriate works on listed buildings, but very little power to enforce owners to do maintenance works if they don't feel it that way...

Thanks everyone for your comments. This thread contains some interesting observations about how heritage classification works in France and why some properties fall into disrepair. Thank you everyone for following our journey to save Chateau de Purnon.

Thrilled you love our choice. The Farrow & Ball team has created something wonderful with the motifs uncovered at the chateau. Thanks for your message.

Thank you for your message. We want to tell a story of a chateau restoration that honours heritage and history. And we want our artisans to feature prominently. Without their skills and expertise saving Chateau de Purnon would be impossible.

Merci pour votre message. Le respect de l'histoire et du patrimoine est au cœur de notre projet de sauvegarde du Château de Purnon. Nous sommes ravis que des personnes du monde entier partagent notre passion pour une restauration qui honore les techniques traditionnelles, les matériaux et le savoir-faire des artisans qui ont construit le château de Purnon à la fin du XVIIIe siècle.

Thanks for your message and perspectives!

Thanks Kate. That's the colour we have chosen.

Thanks for your message. The team from Farrow & Ball has created something wonderful with the motifs uncovered at the chateau.

We're thrilled you love it too! The team from Farrow & Ball has created something wonderful with the motifs uncovered at the chateau.

The color isn’t the best for that room the salmon one or the grey one would have been way better! The red screams at you and not in a good way

It's a slow and patient journey but the results are stunning. Thank you for your message!

Grazie per il vostro messaggio!

We're thrilled you're enjoying our adventure Reawakening Chateau de Purnon! Thanks for your wonderful message.

We're thrilled you're following our adventure!

I actually picked out the right color before you announced it. It is stunning. It almost looks three dimensional! Can’t wait to see the final reveal

Thanks for your message. We're thrilled you're enjoying our journey!

Thank you!

Thanks for your message... it's a wonderful story... uncovering the original wallpapers, working with the creative team at Farrow & Ball, seeing them being manufactured, naming them and now hanging them in the Chateau!

Thrilled you're enjoying the journey!

Wonderful! The team from Farrow & Ball has created something wonderful with the motifs uncovered at the chateau.

Thanks for your message. You're quite correct regarding the significance of the location of this room. Each room will obviously have its own look and feel, but this room, sitting in the central location at the top of the staircase has a special role to play. Thank you also for acknowledging the expertise and insight of our extraordinary architect. His knowledge of the 18th century aesthetic is quite profound and while we are not creating a museum we nevertheless walk humbly in the footsteps of the people who came before us. We want to honour the creative spirit that built and styled Purnon at the end of the 18th century.

Thank you the most sincerely for answering ; your devotion to the chateau is no longer to be proved, but you are also caring regarding your subscribers as your are answering nearly every comments ! I’m so grateful for everything you’ve done so far ! Best wishes !

Our stonemasons are amazing! Thanks for your message!

Thanks for your message. Yes, they will for an order of sufficient size. Please contact them to discuss your requirements. The papers are stunning.

Thank you that’s wonderful. Such beautiful paper.

You're welcome. We're sure you will love the papers as much as we do!

Gracias por su mensaje. Estamos encantados de que disfrute con nuestros vídeos.

Thanks for your wonderful message. We're thrilled that our journey is bringing you such happiness!

Looks like there was some substantial work carried out in 1938-1939 too (looks like août 1939 to me, i.e. August, can't decipher the month before 1938).

Yes, that's right. The last week of August 1939. The week before the outbreak of the Second World War.

Yes, we are still in close contact with the de Rochequairie family who owned the chateau from 1893-2020. There were several phases of work on different sections of the roof over the generations.

We're thrilled you love it too. The team from Farrow & Ball has created something wonderful with the motifs uncovered at the chateau.

Yes, a lyre. Quite right.