Kasteel van de Roye-de Menten de Horne

En un regard

Le château en bref

Between the centre of Meerhout and the Berg district, in the Antwerp Campine, the castle of Roye-de Menten de Horne, which locals readily call "kasteel Van de Rooy", stands in a walled estate. Its core is thought to date from the 16th century, when it served as the country house of a family based in Geel. Its present appearance, however, results from major works undertaken around 1840: a stone dated 1842 recalls Gustave de Roye, and the park was redesigned around 1844. The neoclassical main building lines up nine bays on two storeys under slate mansard roofs, with a raised entrance projection and rendered facades. Inside survive an oak staircase, a salon hung with gilded leather, an 18th-century stucco ceiling and a rocaille fireplace. A coach house and stables around a cobbled courtyard, a 19th-century bakehouse with a well and an 18th-century garden pavilion complete this ensemble, protected as architectural heritage.