Kasteel Sterbos

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Le château en bref

The Sterbos estate, in Wuustwezel (province of Antwerp), owes its name to the star-shaped layout (“stervormige aanleg”) of the avenues of oak and beech trees converging on the residence. It was formed from heathland: between 1858 and 1867 and in the years that followed, Louis Laurent Delehaye acquired 425 hectares of uncultivated land there and ran an experimental farming operation on it for some thirty years. In 1877, his son had a first small château built, which was probably demolished later. The present residence dates from 1898 and was extended around 1906. It is a country house in the cottage style, on an irregular plan, built of painted brick on a bluestone plinth, with a complex roof featuring dormer windows, a square tower to the east, an oriel window, balconies, mock half-timbering and a conservatory to the south-west. A farm (house-and-stable, stables, former dairy), an orchard enclosed by walls and a kitchen garden complete the ensemble.