Crupet

#128 Château de Crupet/Carondelet Castle
Crupet, Namur, Belgium
11 to 14th Centuries
This is NOT an official Lego site

This is one of the most perfect and best preserved tower house castles outside of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The origins of the castle are not known on the internet, but I suspect the current owners possess considerable historical information and perhaps they will be willing to enlighten us all. However, the Crupet webpage has disappeared in recent months, which wouldn't seem to be a good sign. The castle in its present form was probably built by the Crupet family, for which the village is named, about 1315. In 1510 the castle passed to the Carondelet family, for reasons unknown and they held it until the French Revolution. They added the stair tower and the uppermost floor. The Carondelet family crest can be seen above the entrance to the gatehouse, which had a drawbridge until the 18th century. The castle was restored in 1925 and was owned by the Limbosch family until 2008. The castle and grounds have not been open to the public, but Marc Goovaerts writes me that the castle was recently sold to a Dutchman, and his plans for the castle are unknown.

Photos of the Lego Model Construction began on January 19, 2010 I am indebted to Marc Goovaerts of Antwerp, Belgium, and my dear cyber-friend and AFOL Steve Wroble for reminding me about this beautiful little castle, which was so exciting to design and build!

The castle is outlined on January 19, as I await Lego for Neuschwanstein...	Later the same day, despite my busy schedule as a dermatologist, more has been added!	At the end of day 2, January 20, the bridge, front door & main floor windows are mostly done.	After a third day of building the second story is well under way...

but an impasse has been reached because I forgot to order 2 65º light gray 2 x 1 x 2 slopes.	So on day 4 there's lots of fun working on the stucco third story...	until I get to the unfinished garderobe -- and construction halts for the next several days.	Building resumes on January 28 when the two slopes arrive and the garderobe is done.

Photos of the Lego Model Built January 19-29, 2010

The castle is finished on January 29. Here's the view from the southeast.	The entrance is across an impressive bridge.	The tower from the north.	and the WSW!	But isn't she cute?! What a nice home!


Main Floor Plan	Model1	Model2	Plans & Elevations from the old website


ENE Elevation	SSE Elevation	WSW Elevation