Château de Bernicourt

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The Château de Bernicourt is located in Roost-Warendin, near Douai (Nord). A manor with a farmyard is recorded on the site around 1374. The present château was built in 1743 at the heart of a 25-hectare estate and remained a seigneurial residence until the early 20th century. The main block, preceded by pavilions and a wrought-iron gateway, opens via a terrace onto a park with a pond, groves, a hunting lodge and a mill; a farm with four gateways completes the ensemble. From 1930 to 1985, the Houillères housed managers and employees there. The commune later acquired the château, restored it and opened it to the public in 1989. The façades and roofs of the château, the pavilions and the farm, as well as the gateways and railings, have been listed as monuments historiques since 1987. The château hosts temporary exhibitions on the ground floor and an ecomuseum on the upper floor and in the cellars.