In a neoclassical Italian style the Château de Labourdonnais spans two levels. Essentially built in teak, the house is surrounded by a double colonnaded gallery that protects it from the sun and allows for improved ventilation. The room layout is typical of nineteenth-century mansion-houses, with a central hallway leading to the dining room on one side, and to the main living room on the other. The bedrooms are upstairs and, according to convention, the kitchen has been fitted in a small outdoor pavilion, to avoid fire hazards.

Interior design

The dining room is decorated in the Victorian style with furniture ordered from Great Britain, while the bedroom and living room have been designed in the French style, particularly with Napoleon III armchairs bearing the owner’s family crest. The wallpapers decorated with gold floral motifs originally came from the factory of Frenchman Jules Desfossé while the dining room’s panoramic wallpaper, hand painted, is from Jean Zuber’s workshop in Alsace.