Ter Borcht Castle has a long and eventful history and is completely intertwined with Meulebeke. The house is the resting place of the lords of Meulebeke. For them it is more of a summer residence because they usually find their permanent, comfortable place in a number of Flemish fortified cities such as Bruges and Ghent. The de Beer family will own this piece of Meulebeke territory for almost 250 years, until 1819.
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Ter Borcht was continuously inhabited by descendants of the upper middle class.
The current castle dates from the seventeenth century, it was built around an older core. The building consists of two almost identical wings. The second wing was built before 1654.
The Thienpont family started a major renovation of the castle in 1859 and the facades were given a classicist interpretation. The original finish in brick and natural stone disappeared under a thick plaster. Only the early seventeenth-century gate towers still retain their original appearance today.
The park in English landscape style (1850-1875) has a number of old sight lines: towards the church, the (disappeared) Borchtmolen and the chapel of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. In this way, the village and surroundings do not escape the all-seeing eye of the lord of the castle. In the:
over time, these lookouts disappear almost completely.
Source: information board on site