En un regard
Le château en bref
The farm of Clermont Castle stands on Rue du Bac, in the heart of Clermont-sur-Berwinne, a village in the Pays de Herve that forms part of the municipality of Thimister-Clermont and belongs to the network of Plus Beaux Villages de Wallonie. Beside the church, the ensemble combined a seigneurial residence with a working farm. The castle itself has disappeared: according to the Walloon heritage inventory, only traces of its moats remain, some twenty metres below. The farm buildings frame the former approach. The entrance gateway, built of rubble limestone under slate, opens through a round-arched passage. It is dated 1635 and bears a panel with the arms of the Scheiffart de Mérode family. In a context of regional conflict, this family also had a half-tower built of sandstone rubble, pierced with three levels of gun loops and topped by an octagonal roof. To the right of the entrance, an 18th-century dwelling in brick and limestone precedes outbuildings that may date from the 17th century but have been much altered; a weathervane bears the date 1783. To the left, a cement-rendered house was built around 1910. The ensemble is listed in the Inventory of Immovable Cultural Heritage, with no documented classification, and forms the first stage of the village's heritage trail.