Castle farm

* Stationsstraat no. 55/ Kasteeldreef. "Kasteelhoeve", protected as a monument and the immediate environment as a landscape by Royal Decree of 25/11/1976, amended by Royal Decree of 4/02/1977. Farm, located in the immediate vicinity of the castle of Helkijn, first mentioned in 1627. It was then owned by A. Catulle and consisted of a living house, a barn, stables, a (dovecote) tower, a bakehouse, two new rooms, and a dwelling for the tenant. Identified as a fully moated farm on the Ferraris map (1770-1778) and the Atlas der Buurtwegen (1845). Drawn by Serafijn Vermote in 1813 with the title "Vue prise à Helchin près du Vieux château devasté". Monumental farm with an L-shaped layout. Eastern driveway marked by two whitewashed brick pillars, preserved footbridge with a granite step over the now disappeared earthworks. Residential house to the southwest, stable wing to the north, and living tower to the east. Second access to the property to the northeast marked by brick pillars and an iron gate. Old tree growth (mainly deciduous trees) on the side of the Stationsstraat, also fragments of hawthorn hedge found there. Farmhouse. Elongated volume of one story, projecting part of two stories with a shrine without an image, date stone "1756" (reportedly the date of the renovation) and façade stones with inscriptions "MARIA" and "IO..." (not legible). List façades of white-painted brick on a pebbled base. Rectangular wall openings with preserved shutter boxes. Partially preserved interior, including some floors of red-baked tiles, mantelpieces from 1813, and ceilings with beam girders. Stable wing, dated with coat of arms "1760". Whitewashed volume on a pebbled base under a tiled gable roof. Living tower. Volume of whitewashed anchored brick on a pebbled base under a tent roof, square floor plan. Preserved floors of red-baked tiles and preserved beam framework. Preserved niche flanked by palmettes. DEPARTMENT ROHM WEST FLANDERS, Cell of Monuments and Landscapes, archive no. W/00528. DEPARTMENT ROHM WEST FLANDERS, photo archive. DESPRIET P., Twenty Southwest Flemish Farms, Part II, Kortrijk, 1978, p. 46-52. WELLENS M., Serafijn Vermote, the Region of Kortrijk of 1813, 1984, Tielt, p. 52.

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