Inspired by Italian designs during the Renaissance, castle-like French Chateau home plans were born in the Loire Valley and became popular in the United States during the 1880s. Stately and imposing, Chateau homes are typically built of limestone on an asymmetrical plan with elaborate towers and spires as well as an steeply-pitched, irregular mansard roofline. Favored by the extremely wealthy and most famously represented by the massive Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate in North Carolina, Chateau floor plans offer endless possibilities for room arrangement. Grand entrances with soaring staircases, ballroom sized living rooms and dining rooms, gourmet kitchens, elaborate bathrooms and master suites as well as media rooms, in-law or nanny suites can all be accommodated in these expansive plans. Stunning as a country estate but equally at home in exclusive suburban enclave's, French Chateau house designs make a bold statement for those who long to live life on a grand scale.
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