Bossuit Castle

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Le château en bref

Bossuit Castle, in Avelgem (West Flanders), is the former seat of the lordship of Bossuit. Rebuilt in the eighteenth century (1757 according to a report of 1818, 1764 according to the Flemish protection decree), it is presented as an example of neoclassicism inspired by the châteaux of the Loire and is attributed to the work of the Lille architect Le Saffre. The ground-floor rooms, in the Louis XVI style with a few Louis XV elements, retain salons with marble fireplaces, rococo decoration and a library of some 40,000 volumes. The estate includes an orangery in the classical tradition, outbuildings in an eclectic rural style and a landscape park in the English manner, punctuated by an avenue of beech trees. Count Henri de Beauffort carried out renovations there between 1850 and 1870. The castle, the orangery and the outbuildings are protected as a monument, while the park and the avenue are protected as a village site (dorpsgezicht). In 2023, a renovation costing several million euros, covering the joinery, facades, roofs and the orangery, was in preparation.