The Castle of Doctor Heylen or Castle Groenhoek, is a Belgian castle in the Schoolstraat 20 in Itegem, a borough of Heist-op-den-Berg. The house was built in 1853 by order of Josephus Heylen and his wife Lucia Rombauts in the style of neoclassicism by then city architect of Mechelen, Franciscus-Joannes Bouwens. For three generations, the Heylen family lived in the castle for a period of 109 years and for some time the residence fulfilled the function of doctor's residence of Josephus' son Raphaël and later of his grandson Charles. The house and associated garden were protected as a monument by the Flemish Government in 2005 because of its great heritage value. Of the rich English landscape garden, the closed character, the huge chestnut tree and the rare tulip tree remain. The heritage elements of the interior have been neatly preserved including the stairs, joinery, fireplaces, floors, stucco ceilings,... . The house is privately owned and therefore not accessible to the general public.
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Schoolstraat 20, 2222 Heist-op-den-Berg, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium
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