Waanrode Castle

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Le château en bref

The estate of Waanrode Castle, in Kortenaken (Klipgaardestraat), comprises a neoclassical brick residence built around 1867, a farm established on the former feudal motte, and a landscape park of about 25 hectares laid out around 1870. From the early 15th century, the lordship belonged to the d'Arschot de Schoonhoven family. The old castle, built on a motte, appears on the Ferraris map. It ceased to be inhabited after 1806 and fell into decline. Guillaume d'Arschot de Schoonhoven had it demolished around 1867 and a new residence erected on the meadow to the south-east. The farm was built on the motte around 1886, after the sale to Edouard de Néeff. In 1919, another Guillaume d'Arschot de Schoonhoven, chief of staff to King Albert I, bought back the castle, the woods and the land, enlarged the residence and remodelled it in a neoclassical style, with wings, a mansard roof and a projecting section in white stone. Part of the outbuildings disappeared around 1927. The park retains the motte, lawns, groves and fine trees. The estate has been an officially designated ("vastgesteld") built heritage site since 2021.