Manoir d'Omal

Geer, Belgium, Belgium

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Manoir d’Omal is a historic country manor in the small Hesbaye village of Omal, part of the commune of Geer in the Liège province of Belgium, located at Rue Jules Stiernet 89 at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac near the Saint-Lambert church and the nearby fortified refuge of Omal.

The building preserves a 17th-century core, visible in its bevelled sandstone-and-limestone basement, and was largely reconstructed in two phases during the 18th century, the main work taking place around 1720–1730, to form a symmetrical neo-classical residence with a two-storey main block, side wings for stables, cattle houses and servants’ quarters, and auxiliary buildings such as a bakehouse near the entrance.

Constructed in brick with limestone window surrounds and a double-pitched slate roof, the manor stands within a fenced, tree-lined estate and is officially classified as protected heritage since 4 November 1976, listed under the number 64029-CLT-0016-01 in Geer’s inventory of protected immovable property.

It remains a private dwelling owned by the same family for four generations and is currently undergoing restoration, so it cannot be visited by the public, though it is often mentioned in local descriptions of Omal’s heritage alongside the five ancient tumuli (“Les cinq tombes”) and the old watercress farm that characterise the landscape around the village.