Château du Sart [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Château du Sart
The Château du Sart is a château in the Sart-Babylone quarter of Villeneuve d'Ascq, the Nord department of France.
History.
The château was built in 1740. It was rarely occupied by its owners, the Seigneurs of Fourmestraux.
The park was transformed into an 18-hole golf course, and nowadays, the château has become the course club house.
Collections.
The château had the rich Van Der Cruisse de Waziers library, which was destroyed by the Germans during the First World
Université de Liège. Cahiers du Sart Tilman. Cahier n° 1, Liège, 1963, pp. 47–50.
- Marc Bouchat, « Le château de Colonster », Bulletin de la Commission royale des Monuments et des Sites, Commission royale des Monuments et des Sites, t. 9, 1980, p. 159-290 (lire en ligne [archive])
- Pierre Gathy, Marc Bouchat, Le château de Colonster et son parc, (Université de Liège, collection "Les guides scientifiques du Sart