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The Hof Ter Loonst, at number 22 Terloonststraat in Kampenhout, is a moated seigneurial estate known locally as Ter Loonst Castle. Originally it was a farm held as a fief of the lordship of Stalle; in 1474 it belonged to Herman In de Schale. The complex brings together buildings dating from the 15th to the 18th century. The oldest is a two-storey 15th-century keep on a rubble sandstone base, whose brick upper storey is corbelled out. Between this keep and the service wing lies an L-shaped residential block from the 16th and 17th centuries, built in brick with sandstone string courses, with cross-mullioned windows and a stepped gable. Inside, the residential block retains beamed ceilings on corbels, sandstone fireplaces with Renaissance reliefs, and 18th-century stucco work. The service wing has a carriage gateway dated 1752. Opposite the residential block are a stable, a barn, a round brick tower and a pigeon house. From the end of 1956, the occupants carried out a meticulous restoration under the direction of R.M. Lemaire. Since 1971, the gateway, together with the façades and roofs of the residential block, has been protected as a monument, and its surroundings as a landscape. The estate is privately owned.