The Captain's House: Perfect for Seafaring Folk!
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Yes, that's The Guard's House on which this fictional The Captain's House is based!
When Iadded an extra room to make it a bit bigger as a rental I renamed it though there is another, more authentic version, still in the hamlet.
Here's an interesting story about this building. There was obviously a need for security in The Queen's Hamlet but Marie Antoinette wanted to keep it as hidden as possible. One ingenious way theyaccomplished this was to have trenches throughout the hamlet hidden by various landscaping features. The guards would patrol the trenches and one of the main points of entry was via The Guard's House which had a basement that lead outside. I always thought that was a very cool solution.
My understanding is that The Guard's House is still in use today housing one of the hamlet's gardeners. Hence the beautiful vegetable garden you see out front.
At the moment The Queen's House & The Guard's House are still open to the public so if you ever need shelter you won't have to resort to climbingthrough the windows. I'm also sure you could have charmed your way past any of the security or gardeners
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