Kasteel Lippens

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Le château en bref

Château Lippens, or Kasteeldomein Lippens, is a neoclassical town house in Moerbeke, East Flanders, built in 1879 by Mme H. de Kerchove-Lippens and MM. A. and E. Lippens. A rectangular building of brick and natural stone, it has two storeys of three bays above a basement and a raised ground floor, beneath a slate mansard roof. The façades are articulated by a stone plinth and parapet, pilasters, projecting bays with band courses, and openings with rusticated surrounds; pedimented dormers and decorative urns complete the decoration. The side entrance is preceded by a broad staircase. The rear façade, plainer in style, has a central projecting bay with a balustrade. The estate is bordered by an ornamental railing between masonry piers and a partial boundary wall. The former porter's lodge, as well as former stables, a coach house and the groom's house, built around 1879, still survive. Since 1977, the château has housed the town hall, and its park, open to the public, contains a monument from 1911 to Mme de Kerchove d'Exaerde-Lippens. The building has been included in the built heritage inventory since 2023.