page_title: Ferme castrale of Hermalle-sous-Huy
section_title: Origin and evolution of the building
hierarchical_section_title: Ferme castrale of Hermalle-sous-Huy / Origin and evolution of the building
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Étapes de la construction de la Ferme castrale de Hermalle-sous-Huy
context_page_description: The "ferme castrale" of Hermalle-sous-Huy, located near the Meuse between Huy and Liège in Belgium, is the old farm of the castle of Hermalle and dates from 1642. Since the 1990s it has become a center of culture and tourism based on food and drink history.
context_section_description: In the seventeenth century, the count of Holy Roman Empire Conrad d'Ursel, owner of the Castle of Hermalle, renovated and expanded his property.
  He gave it a gatehouse entrance with an arched portal, surmounted by a tufa loggia dated 1642, that can be accessed by crossing a bridge with three arches overlooking the moat, then crossing a drawbridge. The entrance leads to a vast space enclosed by a wall marked with corner towers at three levels.
  Within this space, on the east side, the count build a main building containing dwellings for the farmer and his staff, and stables, pigsties, etc. topped with haylofts. Also in the enclosure, at the southeast corner, a curved portal opens into a large barn "in deep". In its southern extension, two stables are built with arches of intersecting arches falling on square monolithic pillars.
  In the eighteenth century an additional wing was built that separates the yard from the front courtyard of the castle. The building thus became a "square farm", a traditional structure of farms in Condroz and Hesbaye.
  In the early nineteenth century, the farm, despite its large size, proved too small and required extension. More space was created in the barn by the building of another floor. In addition, the east wing was doubled in width, beyond the wall, along its entire length - except at the location of a small graveyard. The farm was permanently isolated from the forecourt of the castle by a wall and a half turret built at the end of the west wing.
caption: Plan of the farm.
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