Ancienne abbaye, dénommée aussi ancien château des Seigneurs de Rhé ou ancien hôtel de Clerjotte

English translation

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History

At the far end, a large building dating from the early 16th century, comprising a ground floor, one storey and a large roof space, is terminated at each extremity by a tall gable decorated with carved crockets. In the axis of the façade facing the courtyard, on the first floor, a large opening with mullion and transom in stone, framed by small columns with polygonal bases and terminated by pinnacles with crockets, presents an apron and upper band decorated with interlacing of the 16th century. In the angles formed by this building and those in return, are found two octagonal towers. The more important one contains a wide stone staircase with central core and opens by a 16th-century door crowned with moulded arches with crockets and carved fleurons. On the storeys, two mullioned windows of the same period are decorated with carved bands. The tower is crowned by a stone band decorated with vine leaves and interlacing. In return, to the east and west of the main building, are found several bays of a 16th-century portico. These porticoes, of Doric style, with entablature decorated with triglyphs and rosettes, were surmounted by a gallery with small columns of which a few elements remain.