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Follow our French chateau renovation journey as we peel back the layers of time & craftsmanship

Tim Gosling is delighted to bring this former noble French chateau back to life through his love of authentic restoration and interior design. Built-in 1820 this Normandy gem had the good fortune to be redesigned by the designer of The Ritz, Monsieur Georges Farcy for the Bon Marché family in 1910. The chateau has been untouched since the retreating German army removed the heating system in the 1940s. Eisenhower moved into the chateau when he was appointed supreme commander of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of north-western Europe.

Restoration Chateau is a classical Parisian design, with 57 rooms, 22 ensuite bedrooms (revolutionary for its time), 8 staterooms, and 27 acres. Over the coming months please join us on a journey of discovery as we piece together history and restore this classic building back to its former glory.

View our chateau restoration journey so far below. For more information about our interior design renovation projects, please contact Gosling.

Projects Restoration Chateau
Well - the door to the summer house kiosk needed a lot of work … but I guess it’s been outside for nearly 200 years and has seen 2 world wars ….
 The crowning glory was finally getting in the incredible stained glass that we had had remade by @art_with_glass_ and boy oh boy did they do a stunning job - the colours, sizes and look of both the panels was unbelievable matched to how it originally was .
 Time to celebrate !!!
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Well getting the 5th Bedroom up and running has been Herculean so we called in the family Calvary - Lesley , Ollie , jofish and his girl friend stormy …. All supervised by Queen Mary of course . 
 
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Well the restoration of the stained glass for the Summer pavilion ( the Kiosk as they call it in France !) is now well underway…
 Working with an amazing company called @art_with_glass_ in Crystal Palace ( the site of the delicious glass exhibition building in Victorian England ) has been such a privilege…. Their skill and ability is remarkable, colour matching the glass , getting all the sizing right - hand blowing and cutting all the green ‘ bottle ‘ roundels and then creating all the ‘calms ‘ to hold them is truly a work of art .
 We’ve also decided that it would be rather majestic to create a panorama for the  interior based on a series of 18th century oil paintings which we’ve stitched together using AI and are going to have printed as wall paper …..more on that later as a separate post !
 Meanwhile we are now going to work on the front door for the summer house ready for her new gleaming stained glass … then it’s rebuilding the stairs going up and replastering the interior ceiling.
 It’s going to be a very busy summer ! 
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Summer in the Park is starting to happen … the sheer amount of rain that’s fallen has made everything so green and vibrant- everything has grown beyond its normal size - the statue of Apollo is looking divine, and the summer house on the island on the lake looks like an adventure playground…
 We’ve taken the door off and a few of the windows while we have the new stained glass restored , made , and repaired . 
  We’ve also been working on a stunning panoramic wall for the interior which will be really exciting to show you when it’s finished !
 We’ve decided to make it a dining pavilion … for those days ahead when it’s warmer and we have more continuous sunshine !!!
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