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Castle of Coutant à Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe dans le Nord

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château
Nord

Castle of Coutant

    1-3 Coûtant
    59440 Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe
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Crédit photo : Eremytes - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1700
1800
1900
2000
1696
Acquisition by François de la Combe
1714
Major building of the castle
1946
Purchased by Paul Delannoy
28 avril 1947
Registration for Historic Monuments
années 2000
Acquisition by Master Landmann
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Château de Coutant, with its moats, the vegetable garden pavilion, the park and the pond: inscription by order of 28 April 1947

Key figures

François de la Combe - Marshal of the camps and armies of the King Builder of the castle in 1714.
Jean Le Brunqui - Regent of the Royal College of Avesnes Owner in 1721.
Jean-Baptiste Cordier de Caudry - Heir of the domain Owner after Le Brunqui.
Famille Recq de Malzine - 19th Century Owners Possession until 1946.
Paul Delannoy - Industrial Buyer of the castle in 1946.

Origin and history

The Château de Coutant, located in Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe in the department of the North, is a building whose origins date back to the thirteenth century. From this early period, today only a round tower and remains of 16th century masonry remain. The main body, U-shaped with three unequal wings, is flanked by three square towers and an older round tower, all with characteristic bulb roofs. The current massive structure combines limestone, blue stone, pink and slate bricks, reflecting the successive transformations of the 17th and 19th centuries.

Most of the present castle was built around 1714 by François de la Combe, Marshal of the camps and armies of the King, also director of the fortifications of Hainaut under Vauban. He was the owner of the estate since 1696, followed by Jean Le Brunqui in 1721, then by Jean-Baptiste Cordier de Caudry. In the 19th century, the Recq de Malzine family became its owner until 1946, when industrialist Paul Delannoy acquired it. Since the 2000s, the castle belongs to Master Landmann. The estate, including moat, vegetable garden pavilion and pond, was listed at the Historic Monuments on April 28, 1947.

Prior to 1875, the park was surrounded by walls and accessible by a drawbridge, including remains of the entrance pillars. The farmhouse, dating from the 17th century, completes the architectural ensemble. The park's façade, with seven spans on two levels, features a central window topped by a wrought iron balcony. The most recent northeast tower houses a dovecote and dates mainly from the 19th century. These elements illustrate the evolution of the castle, marked by military, residential and agricultural adaptations over the centuries.

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