A history of French architecture, from the reign of Charles VIII till the death of Mazarin (1911)
Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942 · London : G. Bell and sons, ltd. · leaf 262
at countryhouse such as Balleroy on the other. For Balleroy is no mere manor-house, but a great noblemans house, approached in the true seigneurialmanner by an avenue and spacious roadway with the houses of thevillage on either side. A causeway crosses the deep hollow that liesbetween the village… … III. HI lACK I. IIO FRANgOIS MANSART iii low ranges of buildings, and a flight of steps leads up from the fore-court to the court of honour, placed on a platform surrounded by adeep dry moat with isolated square pavilions at the two advancedangles, and on the further side of the court the house…
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