Kasteel Marlier

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Le château en bref

Kasteel Marlier, in Sint-Martens-Bodegem (Dilbeek), is a neoclassical country house set in a landscaped park of about eight hectares in the Zibbeek valley. The estate goes back to a pleasure property already shown on a map of 1712 as the property of Mr Broekman, with a geometric garden on islands linked to the straightening of the watercourse. The main house, first L-shaped, became square between 1811 and 1830, and around 1850 it took on its present appearance: a strictly classical volume, rendered in white, seven bays by four, under a truncated hipped roof, with a central projecting bay of three bays, arched French windows, a balcony and a triangular pediment on the east side. An orangery and a garden wall were added around 1860. Owned by Augustin Huysman d'Honsem in 1831, the estate was acquired in 1881 by the industrialist Eugène Marlier, who enlarged the park. In 1940, Bertha Marlier sold the southern part, which was divided into villa plots, and the eastern part later became the Hof te Bodegem, reducing the estate by half. The building has been recognised as architectural heritage since 2021 and lies within the protected site of the village centre (1981).