Ormeignies Castle

Ormeignies Castle, locally known as Château d'Ormeignies, lies in a field in the village of the same name, in the province of Hainaut in the Wallonia region in Belgium.

Ormeignies Castle was a manor built in the mid-19th century by Edouard de Rouillé. It was constructed after the original manor of the Rouillé family, which dated back to at least the 18th century, burned down several years earlier. The original manor was the home of Edouard's mother, Angélique de Rouillé, a noblewoman known for her literary correspondence, who died there in 1840. This original manor was located about 75 meters to the east. Nothing of it remains today.

Edouard built the later Ormeignies Castle, but it didn't last long; it was also destroyed by fire, in 1866. It was quickly rebuilt on a larger scale by his son, Adhémar de Rouillé, and designed by the architect Désiré Limbourg in a neoclassical style. This final castle and its estate were sold in 1934 and dismantled shortly afterward.

Today, only a side wall with a staircase remains of Ormeignies Castle. The ruins are on private property, but are easily visible from the public road. A nice ruin.

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