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Le Logis de Puygâty was bought
and sold many times before
Pierre Casteleyn and Max Griffin
transformed it into their elegant
and stylish home
WORDS: HELEN HOLBROOK | PHOTOS: CYRILLE MOINGEON & DAWN GREGG
I
N 1468 - JUST AFTER
the end of the Hundred
Years' War - the King's
advisor, François de Laage,
constructed Le Logis de
Puygâty. It was built to last and
to protect its inhabitants. Five
and a half centuries later it still
stands proud.
Pierre Casteleyn and Max
Grifin had returned to Europe
from Florida and were driving
south when they stopped to
look at the property. "Puygâty was the second
place we
looked at," Belgian-born Pierre
recounts. "Max walked in and
said: 'this is it!'. As for me, I
looked at the roofs and saw
all the work that needed to be