Mono Monday - Ancient Building

The weather is very blustery with hail showers and with a ridiculous gale force 9 forecast for this evening!!! 

This is the main entrance to the beautiful and historic St. Ouen's Manor, just up the road from where I live so very handy for today's MM.

According to Theislandwiki site This history of the manor is taken from a booklet believed to have been produced for the owners in the latter part of the 20th century. Its authorship is unknown. The ancient Manor of the fief haubert of St Ouen is one of the most historic landmarks in Jersey. Guarded by moat and rampart it stands, an embodiment in stone of the history of nearly 1,000 years.
There are no title deeds to St Ouen's Manor - it has never been bought or sold, having, as the old chronicler so charmingly puts it, belonged to the de Carterets, qu'il n'y en avait memoire du contraire. It is impossible to determine the exact date of the fief's origin.

It's not open to the public as much as it used to be, but is available for weddings. I did blip it last year when it was open for an afternoon and I've just discovered it will be open again this summer for charity.

Thanks so much to JoanneInOz for hosting this month's Mono Monday. March will be hosted by Chantler63. and has set “On the Move” as next weeks theme (mm57).

The music track today is Country House by Blur