En un regard
Le château en bref
The grounds of Overhamme Castle (Overhammedreef 26-32), in Aalst, today retain the outbuildings of a former moated castle demolished in 1946. The site is mentioned as early as the 15th century as a possession of the de Bosch family, and it was raised to the status of a fief in 1663. An engraving by Antonius Sanderus from 1644 shows it as a water castle with three wings forming a U around a courtyard. Damaged in the 16th century and then restored, the castle was enlarged and altered in the second half of the 18th century, to which period the surviving outbuildings date. These outbuildings, a U-shaped building covered in ivy beneath a slate mansard roof, surround a paved courtyard and are now used as a dwelling, the former carriage house having become a garage. The park, reached from the Brusselsesteenweg by a double avenue of oak trees planted in a quincunx pattern, includes a pond and a restored ice house. The ensemble is listed in the Flemish inventory of built heritage (record 165) as architectural heritage, a designation in place since 2023.