page_title: Skjoldenæsholm Castle
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Skjoldenæsholm Castle / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: Skjoldnaesholm Hotel &amp; Konference, Ringsted Municipality, Denmark
context_page_description: Skjoldenæsholm Castle is a manor house located 11 kilometres north-east of Ringsted, Denmark, standing on the west side of one of the many lakes which dominate the area. The Neoclassical main building, possibly by Philip de Lange, is now run as a hotel and conference centre while the grounds play host to both the Skjoldenæsholm Tram Museum and a golf course. The rest of the land is mostly forested.
context_section_description: The sober Neoclassical main wing from 1766 stands in washed, yellow brick. The architect is not known but may have been Philip de Lange.
  Originally, the red hip roof also covered the three-bay median risalits, found on both sides of the main wing, which received their triangular pediment in connection with a major renovation in 1703. The renovation also added a new east wing and gave the old half-timbered west wing a new facade in masonry towards the courtyard, which matched it. The east wing is connected to a surviving part of Müller's half-timbered timber framed house..
  The interior displays several fine examples of 18th-century period decorations.
caption: The oldest, timber-framed part of the building as seen from the east across the lake
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