GRAND MAYNE offers a homogenous set of stone buildings, constructed in the 16th and 17th centuries at the foot of the hill. The Château itself and its square tower look out over the plain end the vineyards, in the centre of which they majestically stand.
 

The buildings themselves, facing north and south, were constructed in a park, with stone and cut quarry stone over 60 centimetres thick.
 
The superb oak frames date from the original building.
 

The outhouses adjoining the Château were built in the 17th century with stone excavated from the local limestone quarries.
 
At the time, the architects were anxious to protect the château both from unwanted visitors and from the westerly Atlantic winds by constructing a 60-metre long westerly facing building, the lines of which are harmoniously broken in the centre by a flagged, full-centred archway, through which the horse-drawn carriages could enter.
 
At sunset, the view of the vines from this prochway is breathtaking ... as is the unforgettable impression one receives, on entering the château, of a long stone ship nestling within a sea of vineyards.