Such a magnificent building and a piece of history! So glad that unlike so many other abandoned buildings this one has been protected from vandalism. I'll never understand why a owner or city would allow a building...any building to deteriorate to the point where it has to be condemned and torn down without allowing a salvage company to at the very least salvage pieces of art. When I say art I'm talking about mantels, hardwoods, staircase banisters things of dying tradesmen work. These are priceless pieces of work to me

Thank you for getting permission, and for bringing us along. As an architecture hobbyist, I can tell you the place is being renovated to host events, which requires meeting health and safety, as well as structural codes. That explains the modern bathrooms and odd holes for new wiring and ventilation. Rooms with niches were usually bedrooms, with the beds set in the niche perpendicularly for grand rooms, or parallel and completely within the niche for more intimate rooms. Niches were also included in "cabinets," smaller private rooms for bathing, dressing, study or just getting away from everyone else. The room with the niche flanked by glazed doors is a grand chambre, while that with the old sofa in the niche is probably a cabinet. The sofa is, I think, much later than the room. It's such a beautiful building, and I'm glad it still has life and purpose. I confess this is the second time I've watched it.

This castle could easily be converted for special events on the first floor such as artist showings and open to the public to bring in needed cash. The cost of renovations for the third and fourth floor would cost a small fortune bringing in needed $$$$ is ideal for an ambitious project such as this one. Delaying not only would be unwise but extremely costly, as construction costs continue to increase while labor is more expensive than the materials required.

Could you imagine being all dressed up and standing on the balcony area of the second floor and greeting a party of friends and saying " Welcome my dear friends, and so glad you could make it? Relax and enjoy, as we will be giving out ordervs, and help yourself o the buffet. We do have antiseptic cream in one corner of the room and please 'do use it' after and before eating. Do not kiss or shake hands. Just bow. Remain on the first floor and we will have music later for your enjoyment after dinner. lol ( I am being a little bit silly really, but this would be sort of how it could work. ) It is so important that it has that great heating system that keeps it so warm as many castles do not heat up and the people are chilly all the time. A person could live in this castle and have a Bed and Breakfast and people called 'Work a ways' come to work and some volunteers could come to work and stay free if thy cook, clean or do gardening and 'various things' at the direction of owners. But they could have talented people so they could have dances, or music and very upscale type parties. 'But they must help out at the Castle' and some would just 'pay for Bed and Breakfast 'so of course, they would not work. But would also get to eat as some would be cooking. They would have a bedroom and bathroom. Each bedroom would have a couple chairs and maybe a desk or table and area to relax and sleep and get away for a bit when needed. But otherwise, they would join in with working and whatever their talent leads for them to do. Just have to be careful who you take in, and get background checks and learn more about them. Some people make money doing blogs and people pay to watch them with what they do all day and how they are fixing up the castle if they have patrons.

I can’t even begin to imagine living there in its prime time. Having small children and losing them, haha. Or a small dog. I suppose you could listen for the pitter pat of their little feet, both dogs and kids, lol. But seriously, what a gorgeous place✨

It's not been abandoned for 50 or 60 years it is not in a really bad state of repair for abandoned 60 years plus if you notice new wiring new heating panels and central heating plus a gardener plus alarmed so not really abandoned

This beautiful building may be vacant but it’s hardly abandoned!

You can tell it's not abandoned just empty. Looks like it's being restored because some of the rooms look like they are freshly painted and some areas had been patched ready to be painted :) Peace

I am happy that this Renaissance castle, worthy of being a fairytale setting, has a dedicated admirer having a purpose in mind for it. It has been 4 years and I wonder what the owner is up to, nowadays. I am sure this video has done a great deal to advertise his venue for all the events taking place...

Is nobody going to be restoring this gem? She deserves to be returned to her former glory!

Magnificent Castle, beautifully designed. Love the architecture and craftsmanship. 9:47 frame, OMG! I hope they leave this room, as it is! Such a spectacular and haunting Medieval style. The ceiling such an awesome sight. The room completely, visually taken me back to the time of the Knights Templar. The walls need swords, a Family Crest, and statues in full Medieval Knight Armor.. The Crusaders. This castle has blown my mind, awesome video. Thank you Sir.

I would say that this chateau is being renovated to its former glory. The fact that someone is paying the heating bills and the grounds personnel tells you that there is an owner.

Beautiful building. Such attention to detail. A shame that it is not occupied.

I love these old homes and estates. I've seen them with their not so perfect walls and THINGS, but with awesome furniture and furnishings and they are really cool and it shows character and charm from another ara. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE WEALTH TO BE ABLE JUST TO MAINTAIN IT LET ALONE THE ACTUAL COST OF IT.

Hello from the USA! I loved watching this! Thank you for recording this for those of us that never see it. Beautiful!

Absolutely amazing building. With all the natural light, they could make it an artists retreat.

So nice of the owners to share that beautiful creation, and Thank You, For your video. Peace.

Very grand. I bet the fourth floor was for the staff of the chateau. The flooring is just stunning. Really like the molding also.

Just stunning! I love the floors and the steps up to that amazing dining area. And those chairs!! Thank you for sharing. Hello to your dad. Stay safe!!

It is amazing to think of the hundreds of years of use that building had. All the things and events that happened there. Then the eventual downfall that led to it getting locked up.

Wow, this place is a real treasure - thanks for taking us along.

Beautiful to see, much appreciated! You can imagine how beautiful it was back in the day and so much history!

It's nice you respected owners wishes When exploring. It was a great find. Would love to have seen it with original furniture. Thx

What a magnificent home.. I would love to live there... This was a great video thanks for sharing. That was funny when you paused when the lights started coming on. We had those. It saves on the electricity. Be careful.

Gorgeous beautiful place I think I was living in the past because all antique furniture and castles I adore them. I will have a beautiful dreams about this beautiful gorgeous place. Thank you for doing this. God bless you and your family 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😍😍😍

They are going to remodel the first and second floor first so they moved the first floor furnishings to the basement and the second floor furnishings to the third floor. That place is going to be modernized like those bathrooms and rented out to big corporations. Just a guess though.But absolutely magnificent. I would have loved to see the crest on those chairs in the great room. Nice job

I love Chateaus, never ending rooms and wonderful craftsmanship.

This is amazing. Your whole family and then some could easily live under one roof and still be able to get away from each other. Amazing and still so beautiful 😍

WOW!!!!!A REAL CASTLE.!!!!!😊🏘️🏚️ AND STILL SO BEAUTIFUL ❤️!!!!🏚

I hope everyone that explore these abandoned buildings keep notes with each others for future reference on all these abandoned buildings.

Absolutely beautiful & breathtaking!!!! 😍

The water around the building is a moat!

Magnificent Castle thank you so much for filming this amazing video. I was thoroughly watching every room that you were able to film I get so excited every time I seen these beautiful old buildings. Such history and beauty left behind, so happy that you were able to bring some life back to filming this castle. I know sounds crazy but I almost wanted to crave how this old building could smell like. Love it. I will be subscribing to your great vids. Glad to find you. 🙇👍✌👏

It doesn't look abandoned it's so clean

Beautiful castle. Thank you for sharing. It's nice you obay the rules. Beautiful view.

Ohhh Bart... what a breathtaking castle!!! I have always loved castles & this one was exquisite!!! I thank you sooo very much for taking me on this beautiful journey, as I have MS & am non- ambulatory & will never have the opportunity to visit these gorgeous castles!!! I would love to own a pristine castle, as this one, but would never have the resources to maintain 1 room, let alone 54 of them😳😂 The floors were sensational! Every inch of this magnificent property was exquisite!!! God bless the owners & the caretaker of this lovely property for allowing us to take a peek inside of this fairytale property! A true dream come true!!! Thank you Bart, for sharing this epic property, I loved the moat & every inch of this epic property ❤️ I loved it ❤️❤️❤️

Wow! 4 floors heated and none living there! That must cost a fortune in energy or power.

That's in very good shape to be abandoned for 50 or 60 years. I would have thought, maybe a year or two. Beautiful place

Este lugar não está abandonado , aos poucos estão reformando . Nota- se como os jardins estão bem cuidado . Que castelo mais lindo , que arquitetura linda , cada detalhe , deve custar uma fortuna reforma lós todo . Maravilhoso ,!

I'm ignorant of the way that people with means lived in that day but it seems that maybe the families lived from one generation to the next in the same dwelling. There are a lot of signs that the dwelling is well maintained and is in consideration for future use i.e the lighting and banquet chairs.

WOW...... truly one beautiful castle... but something tells me it not abandoned... its magnificent ...... how I wish I could have been with you.

Simply elegant and enchanting,just so gorgeous and breathtaking. This beautiful castle is well taken care ,very clean no clutter anywhere. Beautful floors ,fireplaces ,mirrors ,and the grounds are just lovely. Thank you so much for this tour you did a great job I love castles wish I could afford to buy one. Really enjoyed this one. Nanette

What a beautiful place. Thank you for sharing. This lovely castle has inspired me to work on my book again. ^^ It was very kind of the owners to let you film. A big thank you to them as well. 🙇‍♀️

This is the first video I've seen of yours & totally enjoyed how you use a low nice voice unlike others I've seen & turned off bc they are so loud, & mis-describe so much. Thank you.

A real castle and its awesome they are restoring it. Thanks for showing us

Absolutely love that staircase! What a lovely mansion!

Wow! Beautiful place! Thank you for showing us! 💙🌟💙🌟💙

Nice coverage of this chateau. You've highlighted some amazing architectural details. It is undoubtedly awe-inspiring however still a home. The grand foyer is stunning with its vaulted ceiling and statues standing sentinel over those entering. The staircase, to me, is reminiscent of that in the Petit Trianon. Well done. Cheers, Darryl

Super place. Thankyou for sharing your visit with us.

Thank you for this video. What a wonderful privilege to explore this castle! I really appreciated this nice treat. Maybe the greens look different in person, but I rather liked them. :)

I think it’s wonderful that you asked permission and not jut smashed a window and wondered in.

Gorgeous castle. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Love the hardwood floors it's nice to see the castle not Torn up this is awesome

Este lugar é incrivelmente maravilhoso. Alguns espaços precisam de uma reforma. E apesar fa idade dele ainda continua lindo de viver. Parabéns pelo vídeo 👍👏

Thats beautiful thank you for sharing the castle with us

I love your videos and the way you film. Thank you

Thank you... So beautiful... Greetings from Lenexa, Kansas, USA

Thank you for showing us beautiful and enormous building. First video I've seen of yours. Subscribed straight away.

Loved seeing this stunning building . Love your style and now subscribed so look forward to more. Thank you

What a beautiful place... would be lovely to see it lived in. Thank you for the walk around this lovely place, I imagine it would cost a lot to fix This old girl up 💞

Wow this place is so beautiful you were very lucky to film it ....the room with the table in is beautiful and the ceiling is marvellous

Me encantan tus urbex. No entiendo mucho inges. Podriais traduccion abajo para leer y aprecias mucho mas. Gracias..los comparto con amigos españoles y piden lo mismo. Es un honor haber visitado con ustedes este maravilloso castillo o mansion. Gracias amigos.

Oh wow what a beautiful castle. Lovely video. First time seeing your vids. Nice low voice as well as some really do shout so I have to turn sound off. I loved this video. Thank you xx

Magnificent! I imagine what it took to build this and how long. The heating bill must be tremendous! Thank you for showing us!

It is gorgeous! I love the wide hallways and the dining room with the electric blue carpet. It would be nice if it was fixed up!

Very beautiful, love old Chateaus. I'm brand new to your channel....nice job !!👌👍✌

Wonderful explore; Thx!!

Thanks for sharing Bart De Bruyn.

What a gorgeous place!!!

I’m very glad they are at least keeping it up and not letting it fall into disarray, still wish it was being used though! Would love to live somewhere like that!

This place is obviously being restored and has a repourposed future. It would have been interesting to have seen the utility rooms such as the basement, kitchens, furnaces, electrical plants, and more bathrooms. I assume that the brick wall construction, as opposed to stone, is a newer development in construction techniques and am curious about the transition time from one to the other.brick appears to be more stable. On the other hand, those stone walls (in older structures) have held up for hundreds of years but are probably more difficult to modernize. (Ie. Wiring, plumbing, heating, ect.) I’m fascinated by the history of construction technology. Any programs in the future specializing in these issues?

So beautiful!

Wow wow amazing castle 🏰 I love 2 live in the castle, I would feel like a princess HEHE, well done guys, ALICE FROM MANCHESTER UK 🇬🇧

Wonderful tour..thank you! Subscribing.

Hello Bart De Bruyn, I loved you video of the castle, you did a great job of presenting it, but it would have been nice to learn more about it. Still, your video was wonderful to see! THANK YOU!

Regards of Spain. I love this Castle. It's very nice. Congratuletion.👍👍👍😍😍😍😍😍

Beautiful building lots to see. Suggestion , slow your roll just a little when panining rooms. I noticed inside shutters on the windows. Also aside from ladies & gentleman's parlors & servants staircase I had no idea what the rooms were downstairs. Looked Like a butlers pantry off the kitchen, but no kitchen. Loved this place your film quality is very good audio is good. Looking forward to more from u. Much luv.carry on.

Your presentations are awesome.

It's being repaired the work on the columns with the blue carpet there were also tags on the chairs . In fairness the commentator did say they managed to get permission to film inside. Also the grounds are very well kept in his own words no deception on his part

Well, it seems it´s not completely abandoned, most probably was intended to be a school or hotel or something like that if it has those bathrooms. The structure stands very well, wich shows that it is not really old and the quality of materials used is very good. But the main thing to understand it is not really old, probably not far away from mid nineteen century is the building structure wich seems to be in very modern style of develoment but with period decoration. It is possibly a re interpretation of neo baroque or neo rococo style, though on fundations of an older building. Very beautiful indeed, but not very old. On the other side, I always worry about practicalities when see this kind of chateaux: for instance, the water that surrounds it must be very smelly if it doesn´t flow; and in summer can be a lot of mosquitoes. Plus problems in the basement with moisture and humidity. And please excuse me if I make a critic, wich is only a personal opinion: your video would be better with less dialogue, the images are eloquent enough. It is always better to show with images than to describe with words.

Wow. I love it

IT IS NOT ABANDONED. It's inhabited. Nobody lives there . But it's clean and well maintained for something huge such that building.

Large room with elevated platform at one end? Ballroom.

Nice place to work from home

I agree others here, that is not abandoned, just vacant. What was those tags on the chairs at the table on the second floor?

I love this castle. I just can't believe that this Country would not make this into a Bed & Breakfast, Parties for Weddings, Graduation ect, Balls so many thing to bring in revenue. So sad to sit there and go to waste. To do tours. It does have modren plugs and outlets. So gorgeous!

An absolutely beautiful place

Wowwww..amazing beautiful blding...👍👍👌👌

Stunning

Wauw wat een prachtige locatie.. wow this is a beautyfull location. Groetjes uit Nederland. Greets from the Netherlands

this would be a great place to restore and move in. would need some updating to make more energy efficient.

Magnificent!!!!!

Why is this not opened up and someone take it and bring it back to life as a guesthouse

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I'd so love to have a place like this

beautiful castle

Can you imagine what it cost to heat that place, especially in England's cold winters..

Why is that lamp moving???

Absolutely gorgeous ❤️