Ocket Castle

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Ocket Castle
Belgium
Destelbergen Heusden Aelmeerstraat 7 large.jpg
Coordinates 51°02′09″N3°47′45″E / 51.03576°N 3.79573°E / 51.03576; 3.79573
TypeCastle

Ocket Castle (Dutch : Kasteel Ocket) is a house, on the site of a castle, in Heusden, Destelbergen, East Flanders, Belgium. It probably originated on the former fief of Grooten Hoek that lasted until the 15th century. The castle was depicted on a 1725 map by PJ Benthuys as a building with a moat near the Scheldt and is mentioned in 1767 as a "partije genaemt den grieten hoeck met de mote ende huys van playsance". [1] The present Neoclassical building dates largely from the 18th and 19th centuries but contains a dining room on the east side that in the 17th/18th century was the core of the structure, as was established among other things from the beams and the Rococo stucco decorations. [1]

Both the building itself and the surrounding grounds have been listed as cultural heritage since 2009. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Kasteeldomein Ocket". Vlaanderen.be. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Inventaris.OnroerendErfgoed.be - Kasteeldomein Ocket and Kasteel Ocket

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