Attenrode Castle

En un regard

Le château en bref

Attenrode Castle, in Attenrode-Wever (Glabbeek, Flemish Brabant), is an eclectic manor house combining Neo-Gothic and Neo-Renaissance styles. It developed from the conversion of a former seigneurial farm with a semi-enclosed courtyard, the Hof de Boeslinter or van Grieken, whose names recall two owners from the 15th and 16th centuries. In the 1890s the farm took on the appearance of a castle for Baron Karel de Turck de Kersbeeck: a service wing was built in 1893, the south-west wing of the former farm was demolished in 1903, and by 1906 the cadastre already described the main body as a ‘château’. A final transformation, recorded in 1910, gave it its present appearance. Built of brick and natural stone, the building is distinguished by a round corner turret, a entrance projection with a stepped gable, and a tall tower with an octagonal upper storey crowned by a lantern. It stands within an estate of about 1.5 ha according to the inventory, with a sober landscaped park (open lawn, a pond, sweet chestnuts, tulip tree, magnolias), and its chapel is also protected. The site has been recognised as architectural heritage since 8 October 2021.