Chateau d'Hougoumont is a recreation of a Belgian farm that was originally built by the Knights of Malta between 1358 and 1474 of sandstone and red brick. It became pivotal in the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815. Over the course of the battle, the French forces committed an estimated 14,000 troops and the English and their allies committed an estimated 12,000 troops to the battle around the farm buildings. The farm is now in ruins but it is undergoing some restoration so it can be the site of the 200th commemoration of the Battle of Waterloo in June of 2015.
We have attempted to build an accurate recreation of the way the Chateau and it's surround buildings looked when the battle began. The building interiors are not recreations as there are no existing plans of the interiors. Room size was designed for ease of avatar camera view.
The rear half chateau consists of five buildings with connecting walls and gates on a 28m x 60m base.
* The great barn has one large room and two side lofts with ladders. There are large arched doorways on both ends of the building.
* The carriage house is and open front building with two spaces for carriages.
* The cow barn has one large room with three single doors and a double door.
* The chicken house has one large room with two single doors.
* The covered well is a non-functional building.
The buildings are all designed to be use as a complete walled farm or as stand alone buildings. Everything is modify and copy, but no transfer.
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