En un regard
Le château en bref
Mombeek Castle stands at 98 Mombeekdreef, in Hasselt, and is linked to the Luikersteenweg by a straight tree-lined drive. It occupies an estate that was once surrounded by a moat, traces of which survive, and that includes a pond; the closed farm Mombeekwinning forms part of the same ensemble. The present building is a neoclassical country house from the second half of the 19th century: seven bays, three storeys under a slate hipped roof pierced by two oculi and topped by two weather vanes, facades of brick rendered in cement, with recessed joints on the ground floor and false joints on the upper floor, projecting quoins at the corners and a dentilled cornice. A three-bay central projecting section, crowned by a triangular pediment with a semicircular window, carries a balcony on Ionic columns. The third storey was added later, and a one-bay annex extends the façade to the left. The castle has been listed on the Flemish inventory of architectural heritage since 24 September 2009, a listing renewed on 1 February 2018.