Warnicamps Castle

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Le château en bref

Warnicamps Castle, formerly Wadimpréau Castle, is located in Houdain-lez-Bavay, in the Avesnois area (Nord, France). Its foundation in the early 14th century is tentatively attributed to Wulfard de Ghistelles; the fief later passed to the castellans of Bouchain, Quiévrain, Mons and Tournai, then to the barons de la Bauwette, lords of Warnicamp, and, at the Revolution, to General Ferrand de la Caussade. Built on medieval sandstone foundations, the upper storeys were rebuilt in brick at the end of the 17th or the beginning of the 18th century. The castle was set on fire deliberately during the siege of Valenciennes in 1793 to prevent its occupation by the Austrians, and then again during the First World War, when it lost a corner tower. It retains two wings with square corner pavilions, one single-storeyed and the other with an upper floor, under broken slate roofs, with remnants of Gothic windows and loopholes. Access is by a bridge crossing moats that are partly drained. It is a private residence.