En un regard
Le château en bref
Schelderode Castle, also known as Ten Dale or Plissart, overlooks the village square of Schelderode (Merelbeke-Melle). It stands roughly on the site of the Hof ten Daele, the former estate centre of the lords of Rode, whose castle had disappeared by the 17th century, in the heart of the ‘Land van Rode’, a large lordship attested since the 13th century. The present building dates from 1864–1865. The antiquarian and architect Florimond Van de Poele built it as his own residence, in collaboration with Jean Béthune. Constructed of natural stone and Scheldt bricks, said to have been fired in Schelderode itself, it draws on medieval architecture, notably the 15th-century Bruges Gothic, and is regarded as a rare and well-preserved example of neo-Gothic bourgeois architecture. It is accompanied by an English-style landscape park surrounded by a brick wall. The Plissart de Brandignies family, descendants of the former marquesses of Rode, settled here in 1912, which gave the castle the name Kasteel Plissart. A private property not open to the public, the castle is protected as a listed monument together with its park, walls and gateway, within the village of Schelderode, which is protected as a site.
