Aveschoot Castle

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Le château en bref

In Lembeke, in the Meetjesland, Aveschoot Castle occupies the site of a former medieval lordship whose name, in the form "hauescot", is recorded as early as 1281. The present castle, in the Louis XVI style, was built around 1785 by the Schamp family on the site of the older residence of the lords of Aveschoot. Its symmetrical white façade is adorned with a central pediment pierced by a rocaille oculus and is mirrored in double circular moats. The estate still includes a dovecote dated 1510, a former farm, stables, a carriage house from the early 20th century, a 19th-century landscape park with a pond, rose garden and ice house, as well as a long avenue of oaks from the late 18th century. A castle chapel, remodelled in Neo-Gothic style in 1868, and a second chapel near the avenue, erected around 1873 by the d'Alcantara-Schamp family, complete the ensemble. The castle, its moats, outbuildings and access routes are protected as monuments by Flemish decree of 12 December 2002.