Jun
22
2012

2012 Project365 (Day 173)

Hauteville HouseToday I took the afternoon off work and went out with The Mister and the in-laws. We went to visit the house that Victor Hugo lived in when he was in exile in Guernsey. Victor Hugo lived in Hauteville House from 1856 – 1870.

Hauteville House is such a weird place. It has four floors and the ground floor is really dark with rather random furniture that Hugo has built. The dining room looks like a public lavatory with lost of Delft tiles on the wall. As you go up through the floors of the house it gets lighter and lighter and there are rooms with more glass. When you get to the top floor there is this gorgeous little room with a kind of conservatory in the sky and a tiny little bedroom next door with a simple mattress on the floor which apparently is where Victor Hugo slept.

The picture of the day is of the conservatory in the sky which is where Victor Hugo would work. Apparently he would spread his manuscripts out across the sofas in the room and he would stand in the corner at the little black table that lies flat against the wall in this picture and he would write. It has the most glorious view out across St Peter Port, Castle Cornet and out to Herm and Sark.

It’s well worth a visit and the property is now owned by the City of Paris so it is also the French Consulate in Guernsey. Very strange property but fascinating.

Written by Anna Williams in: Guernsey,Project365 | Tags: , ,

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  • MissLisa

    your island is SO interesting!

    Comment | June 22, 2012

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