Wolfslinde Castle

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Le château en bref

In Eppegem, in the municipality of Zemst, the Wolfslinde estate, formerly the Hof te Wolfslinde or Vijlst, is among the many moated farm-castles of the village, many of which date back to the 11th and 12th centuries. Mentioned in the 16th century, it was acquired in 1759 by Pierre de Meester. In 1794, his son-in-law, Baron Gerard van Outheusden, had a new, sober neoclassical country house built some fifty metres south of the former residence, with white-rendered walls, seven bays under a hipped roof, and surrounded it with an English-style garden. The estate was sold in 1853 to Adolphe Powis de Tenbossche. Set on fire by German soldiers in 1914, the castle was rebuilt in 1927 by Jeanne Powis de Tenbossche, to plans by the young Liège architect Robert Toussaint, in a Louis XVI style: an almost square plan, two storeys, a mansard attic and a triangular pediment over the entrance. The estate covers about four hectares, half of it landscaped park, and retains a large copper beech, probably the last remnant of Van Outheusden's garden. It has been recognised as built heritage since 2021 and is listed in the Flemish inventory of historic gardens and parks.