Chateau-Ferme de Cour-sur-Heure

Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes, Belgium, Belgium

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The Château-Ferme de Cour‑sur‑Heure, in the village of Cour‑sur‑Heure (part of the municipality of Ham‑sur‑Heure‑Nalinnes, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium), is a classic example of a “château‑ferme”: a fortified or manorial residence that is integrated with a working farm and enclosed within a single courtyard, reflecting the agricultural character of this rural community.

The estate originated on land long owned by religious institutions such as the Abbey of Lobbes and later passed through the seigneurs of Morialmé and the family de Glyrnes, who held the lordship of Cour until the French Revolution, and its buildings combine living quarters, defensive or status elements, and farm structures arranged around a shared enclosure.

Today, the Château‑Ferme remains part of the local heritage of Cour‑sur‑Heure, a village that was historically agricultural (sugar beet, orchards, and limestone quarrying along the Eau d’Heure) and is now one of five villages merged in 1977 into the municipality of Ham‑sur‑Heure‑Nalinnes, the site illustrating the traditional blend of noble residence and farm economy typical of the Thudinie region of southern Hainaut.