It has served as the town hall of Dilbeek and offices of the municipality since 1923 and was listed as a protected monument in 1990.

[1] The castle was built in 1863 by Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar, and commissioned by the de Viron family, which settled in Dilbeek in 1775.

It was built in Renaissance Revival style on the ruins of a 14th-century fortification which was destroyed in 1862.

One of the medieval towers, the Sint-Alenatoren, can still be seen in the park surrounding the current building.

The castle lies in a park, with several other buildings of interest: a farm, an ice cellar and a coach house.