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Le château en bref
Pélichy Castle is a neoclassical castle in Gentbrugge (Ghent), at Oude Brusselseweg 125, set in the middle of a pleasure garden with a pond. A facade stone on the garden side bears the date 1883. The central block, rectangular in plan and three storeys high across three bays, is sheltered under a slate mansard roof pierced by pedimented dormers and oculi (bull’s-eye windows). Originally built of brick and natural stone, it is now rendered in cement. A heavy round stair tower of four storeys, once crowned with a spire, is attached to the rear façade, while two lateral projecting bays, corner pilasters with diamond-point rustication, a crowned shield supported by two winged griffins and the motto ‘amanu nihil difficile’ enliven the natural stone façades. An exhibition brochure from 1983, published for the castle’s centenary, deals with the Meulenaere and Pélichy families. The building served as a police station from 1955 to 1977, then as a youth centre. It is recognised as established architectural heritage (2009, updated 2023).