Norenburg Castle

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Le château en bref

Norenburg Castle (Waggelwaterstraat 19, Sint-Andries, Bruges) is a moated estate lying along the Bruges–Ostend canal, on the edge of the Waggelwater industrial zone. The site already appears under the name "noorenburch" on Pieter Pourbus's map (1561–1571), an enclosure within a double moat, and then on the Ferraris map (1770–1777), where the farm lies outside the moats. The present building was erected between 1800 and 1835, retaining older parts that are revealed by the side façades and the interior: a double house of five bays and three storeys beneath a hipped roof, with a main façade featuring a central projecting bay of three bays and a triangular pediment, and arched windows on the ground floor. The interiors combine a Neo-Flemish entrance hall, a kitchen with Delft tiles, an Empire-style frieze drawing room and a Neo-Renaissance dining room. A small park, a kitchen garden and an orchard of standard fruit trees surround the house, which is reached by a long avenue leading over a bridge that forms its only access. The estate has been recognised as an architectural heritage site since 14 May 2024.