The Château de la Garoupe is a
château
A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.
Now ...
located near Garoupe Beach in
Antibes,
France
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.
History
In 1907, British MP
Charles McLaren, Baron Aberconway, bought at the point of the Cap d’Antibes. He hired English architect
Ernest George
Sir Ernest George (13 June 1839 – 8 December 1922) was a British architect, landscape and architectural watercolourist, and etcher.
Life and work
Born in London, Ernest George began his architectural training in 1856, under Samuel Hewit ...
to build the property. It features a long façade with half moon windows and a long stairway leading to the sea. The garden, which was maintained by his wife,
Laura McLaren, Baroness Aberconway, features a
pergola with
rose bushes,
irises and
begonias
''Begonia'' is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Begoniaceae. The genus contains more than 2,000 different plant species. The Begonias are native to moist subtropical and tropical climates. Some species are commonly grown ind ...
.
At times the house was rented or visited by various celebrities, including
Cole Porter & Linda Porter, and
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and Scenic design, theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th ce ...
.
The house passed to the McLaren's daughter Florence and her husband,
Sir Henry Norman. Norman expanded the property and added an extra storey to the house.
In 1999, the home was purchased by Russian tycoon
Boris Berezovsky (1946–2013) for €22 million.
See also
*
List of castles in France
This is a list of castles in France, arranged by Region and Department.
;Notes:
# The French word ''château'' has a wider meaning than the English ''castle'': it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or vine ...
References
Houses completed in 1917
Châteaux in Alpes-Maritimes
20th-century architecture in France
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