The château was planned and designed in 1866 by the English architect Edward Milner under commission from the Liedekerke-De Beaufort family, who had left their previous home, Vêves Castle, during the French Revolution.

A small portion of the Battle of the Bulge took place on the property, and it was during that time that the château was occupied by German forces.

[1] The château stood empty and abandoned from 1991 because the cost to maintain it was too great, and a search for investors in the property failed.

Although the municipality of Celles had offered to take it over, the family refused, and the enormous building lingered in a derelict state, succumbing to decay and vandalism.

Parts of the structure were heavily damaged in a fire, and many ceiling areas began collapsing.