Grote Heirenthoek Castle

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Le château en bref

At 57 Grote Heirenthoek, in Landegem (now part of the municipality of Deinze), stands a country house surrounded by a moat, which is reached by a light bridge closed off by a wrought-iron gate. The Flemish Inventory originally identifies it as a simple farmhouse. A projecting wing was added in the eighteenth century, then, in the second half of the nineteenth century, corner turrets capped with pear-shaped spires gave it the air of a small château. The main façade, in white brick, retains rectangular shuttered windows and a doorway set in a late classical bluestone surround. The roof, a false mansard covered in slate, carries a dormer with a segmental pediment and two gabled dormers; at the rear, a two-storey wing under a flat roof completes the main building, while an outbuilding, partly converted into housing, occupies the south-west. The estate belonged to Arthur Buysse, lawyer and Liberal member of parliament, younger brother of the writer Cyriel Buysse, who came from neighbouring Nevele. The ensemble is listed as protected architectural heritage (vastgesteld bouwkundig erfgoed) of Flanders.