The bayou backwoods are home to all sorts of interesting creatures, people and things, and apparently architectural gems as evidenced by the "Pavilion de Lac Martin", a neo-gothic French chateau tucked away in Breaux Bridge, LA.

Owned by a local antiquities dealer who has spent the majority of his adult life collecting 18th and 19th century French couture and furniture, the stunning and vertically-sleek, moat-surrounded home, which currently lists for $6.83 million, is part of an assortment of 1820's buildings that were moved and restored on the wooded 13.9 acre lot to create a Creole-style compound.

Acting as the showpiece of a formal French garden, the monolithic property is both slender and sophisticated, rising five stories high with a fourth-floor terrace and fifth-floor rooftop patio capping off the impressive structure.

Measuring 2,700 square feet, the symmetrical home opens to a formal dining room, living area and kitchen, while the second and third floors each feature a bedroom suite.

Adding to the structure's striking appearance and helping influence natural cross breezes during the warm summer months are a series of French doors and wrought-iron balconies found on each of the first three levels. However, one can take full advantage of the property's open design on the fourth story, where the open floor boasts a number of hammocks, canopy beds, and a private fireplace.













































