Löfstad slott

Also known as Löfstad Castle

Year

1637

Style

Baroque

Type

castle

The rooms at Löfstad have stood untouched since the last private owner died in 1926. Emilie Piper (1857-1926) was born in the house, never married, and left its contents to the Östergötland museum with instructions that everything be kept…

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1670-1673
Renovation
Rebuilding and modernisation commissioned by Axel Axelsson Lillie. The first design drawing was ready in 1673 and the work continued through the 1670s and 1680s. The house was given a tall säteri roof with a curved lower pitch, a…
Mathias Spihler
1750
Rebuild
Rebuilding after the fire, which mainly took the main block and the north wing; only the south wing came through it. The house was given the appearance it has today in the course of the rebuilding, including a new mansard roof in the taste…
1783
Addition
The granary and stable range that bounds the lower courtyard was built. It is a farm building rather than part of the residence, and it gives the lower courtyard the enclosed form it has today.
1800
The English park
An English park was laid out on the ground below the castle by countess Sophie Piper. It counts among the best preserved English parks in Sweden, and the work concerned the setting of the house rather than the building itself.
1957
Restoration
During a renovation, fragments of the 17th-century facade paintings with figures of warriors were uncovered on the south wing. The find brought back into view part of the decoration that had been limewashed over in the earlier rebuilding…