Still in early times, Veullerot views

Here is a rare view of the Eastern side, that was probably considered less attractive and thus less pictured.

This postcard was mailed in 1905 and is very interesting for several reasons:

-it shows a now missing extra chimney on the right of the Eastern roof side

-the tiny tree that is shown in the center grew a lot before felling during the 1999 storm. We measured it at 27 meters long when it lied on the ground.

-the left basement window is now the basement Eastern entrance.

-there were white fences around the garden

-the spelling is weird, Veulerant instead of Veullerot

Two more pictures before we reach the period when my family bought the house (1912):

This is the same view twice, but one picture was colored. The view is taken from the end of the "water channel" that fronts the house (put there as a safety in case of fire). My grand father barred the end of this channel to build a swimming pool in the round part. The photographer would today be right by the swimming pool side.

Veullerot in the early Twenties

At last, my family purchased the house.

I know they did modernize the heating system and had the second lake dug in the park.

But the house was modified in subtle ways I will indicate:

see that bench? It still exists !

As you can see, the chimneys have been seriously shortened.

-also the North stairs have been added

-the big West roof window is gone

-more important, the walls of the whole ground level floor (basement) have been decorated with concrete fake stone which are still very strong today

This is once again two version of the same picture, one colored and one black & white, from the future swimming pool location

La marquise et le tennis

In French, a "marquise" is either a marchioness or a glass canopy. This is the latter one that we will now see.

Based on the stamps or dates at the back, we can be sure that for a limited time, there was a massive glass canopy that was added on the West façade on top of the main stairs. It was there in 1925, and I don't know when it was removed.

You can see that probably both pictures were taken on the same day, with the proud owner on top of the mainstairs, but I can't say if we see a man or a woman posing.


Below, an interesting view of the Eastern side, showing the tennis court that graced the garden with its presence for a while. My grand-mother told me that they finally decided to destroy it and make a new one further in the park (the platform is still visible today) because the players and balls were too noisy!

Also you can see the that the strange third chimney on the right has been removed and replaced by a simple stovepipe. Even that pipe has since been removed

modern times

We are modern, so now pictures can be taken from airplanes !

Here is a nice view taken in the fifties or sixties

My grand-mother has added the flower beds on each side of the stairs. See the tall pine tree right behind the center of the house ? It's the same that we saw as a shrub fifty years before in the early East view. http://chateau-veullerot.blogspot.fr/2018/04/still-in-early-times-veullerot-views.html


The last postcard that I know of has also been taken from an airplane. It dates probably from the Seventies:

if you look closely on the roof, you will see my grand-father Noel PARDON doing some repairs.