Spring is in the air at Château Cramirat.
At this very moment, the second half of our 12th-century roof is being prepared at Atelier Ferignac, where master carpenters have been working for several months to restore, clean, strip off old bits, and treat the roof’s full-length timber beams that are 800 (!) years old..Soon, they’ll be shipped back and carefully reinstalled in their […]
The roof of the Chateau is gone!
The second part of our 800-year-old roof has been carefully taken apart and sent off to Atelier Ferignac, our expert craftsmen who specialize in restoring historic monuments. Exposing the original 12th-century oak beams for the first time in centuries, these massive rafters will undergo an intricate restoration, piece by piece. In just a few months, […]