Bergeyck Castle

En un regard

Le château en bref

Bergeyck Castle stands at Kardinaal Mercierlei 14A–B, in Berchem (Antwerp), within a park bounded by the Frederik de Merodestraat and the Sint-Hubertusstraat. It grew out of the former farm known as ‘Lintworm’, whose core dates from the third quarter of the 16th century and the second quarter of the 17th century. In 1897 Baron Amédée de Caters, president of the Antwerp commercial court, gave it its present form to designs by J. B. Claes: the west wing was rebuilt, the central wing received a new façade and the east wing was built, all in Flemish neo-Renaissance style. Four wings follow one another. The façade overlooking the park, in red and yellow brick with white stone trim, is decorated with two round towers with pinched spires and a timber bow window. The Counts of Bergeyck, who owned the building afterwards, had it converted into apartments in 1996. The site has been recorded as architectural heritage since 29 March 2019 and forms part of the protected urban site ‘Kardinaal Mercierlei et environs’ (1994).