En un regard
Le château en bref
Kervijn Castle, in Oetingen (municipality of Gooik, Flemish Brabant), is a country house in neo-traditional style built in 1865–1867 for Baroness Maria Peers de Nieuwburgh. It has two storeys under a hipped roof, on a plinth of bluestone with a basement, and is recognisable by its round tower with a spire at the north-eastern corner, its entrance projection on the east side, and the sandstone string courses and ornaments that enliven facades now rendered in cement. To the west, a sandstone statue of the Virgin and Child bears the arms of the Kervijn family; a Marian grotto dated 1871 completes the ensemble and occupies the corner of Kasteelstraat and Kerkstraat. A north wing added around 1882 has since disappeared (it no longer appears on a survey of 1941), the exterior was rendered in cement in the 1960s, and a partly sunken extension was recorded to the west in 1986. The interior, entirely renewed, retains only a few original moulded ceilings. The estate, now largely subdivided, has been protected as architectural heritage since 8 October 2021.