Kasteel ten Bos

En un regard

Le château en bref

Ten Bos Castle, also known as Wippelgem Castle, the ten Bosch estate, Goed ten Hulle or Crombrugghe Castle, stands at Kramershoek, opposite the church of Wippelgem, in the municipality of Evergem, near Ghent. The site, first mentioned in 1375 as "kasteel ten Hulle", illustrates the evolution of a seigneurial estate of medieval origin into a neoclassical country residence of the 19th century. The present castle, U-shaped plan and two storeys beneath slate mansard roofs, was almost entirely rebuilt around 1892 in the middle of a moat, with a brick bridge in line with the entrance. It is accompanied by the outbuildings typical of a castle estate: a square dovecote dating from 1623, an ice house, well-preserved stables, the gardener's house, a neo-traditional farmhouse-manor, a vine greenhouse and an enclosed kitchen garden. The 27-hectare park, the largest in Evergem, is open to walkers from sunrise to sunset. Owned by the de Crombrugghe de Looringhe family from 1909, the estate has belonged to the municipality since 2008; it has been protected as a monument and as a village site since 19 June 1997.