Geuzenkasteel

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Le château en bref

The Geuzenkasteel, now listed under the name Domein Geuzenkasteel, is a neoclassical château set in a park, located on Lambroekstraat in Massemen (Wetteren). The present building was entirely rebuilt in 1909 by the Ghent architect Stephan Mortier for Yvonne de Kerchove de Denterghem and Count Louis d'Hespel de Flencques. The estate is attested as early as 1666 in the form of a ‘lochting’ belonging to the tenant farmer Pieter De Mey; in 1764 it constituted the hofstede of Pieter De Geyter, whose family kept it into the 19th century (around 1846, Casimir De Geyter had the buildings altered). It then passed to the Vervier family, the de Kerchove de Denterghem family (until 1938), the d'Hespel de Flencques family and the Mareüil family. The main body, L-shaped, has nine bays over two storeys beneath a hipped slate roof, with a square tower and a central projecting section of three bays under a triangular pediment; two low wings enclose a forecourt through portals in blue stone. The site is a private residence.