En un regard
Le château en bref
Ter Walle Castle, also called Kasteel Kerkhoek or Kasteel Vyncke, stands in Merelbeke, on the east side of the Gaversesteenweg, with a secondary entrance on the Kerkstraat. The site is thought to have been a former Carolingian hoferie, possibly the seat of the lords of Merelbeke before 1460. In that year, the Nederhof Ter Hagen fief was divided into two separate farmsteads by the former watercourse of the Merelbeek: the future Vyncke Castle and the Hof ter Wallen. The present building dates from around 1859 and replaces an older residence; a date of 1641 is painted on the original entrance door. In the third quarter of the 19th century, the moated farm became a castle with a park and a farmyard. It is a large rectangular double-pile structure, two and a half storeys high over five bays, under a double-pitched roof of Flemish tiles, with a lower side wing to the west. The original timber casements bear shell motifs; the house is reached by a brick bridge and a segmental-arched doorway flanked by Corinthian pilasters, at the end of a paved avenue lined with copper beeches. The estate has been protected under the designation "Kasteeldomein Ter Walle" since 20 June 2023, following an earlier designation ("Kasteel Ter Walle") from 2009.