The castle is in a location near the Scheldt that in the Middle Ages was a site with moats.

By 1725, according to PJ Benthuys' 1725 map, the now castle belonged to the lord of Boelare (of the van Crombrugghe family).

In 1837 the site changed hands, as baron C. Coppens exchanged this estate with other landholdings in Heusden and Melle with dowager Coleta Du Rot.

[1] The castle as it appears today is neoclassical in style, the result of an enlargement that took place after 1830 and before 1858.

[1] To the south of this castle, opposite the parish church, there are the ruins of the Kasteel ter Kerchove, a castle dating to the Middle Ages.