Kasteel Baudries, Castle in Dikkelvenne, Gavere, Belgium

Kasteel Baudries is a neoclassical castle in Dikkelvenne that features grand halls and multiple rooms with Rococo-style ornaments and decorations. The grounds include gardens originally designed by Henri Duchêne, which frame the building and extend across the estate.

The castle's history reaches back to the Middle Ages, when it belonged to families including Sloeve de Loof, Tollins van Aalst van Poppenrode, Van Lier van Immerseel and De Spangen. Through marriage the estate passed to the Marchant d'Ansembourg family. Under the Ansembourg-Spangen couple in the last quarter of the 19th century it took its present neoclassical form, with reused Rococo parts and chinoiseries installed inside. Count Louis de Lichtervelde (1889-1959) later owned it and left it to his daughter Geneviève and her husband Philippe Piers de Raveschoot.

The interior was fitted with reused Rococo elements and chinoiseries brought in from elsewhere, alongside Neo-Louis XV and Neo-Louis XVI features. The castle is also called the castle of Dikkelvenne, after the village in Gavere where it stands on Kerkstraat.

The castle is a private residence and public access is not normally available. Occasional openings require advance arrangements through the local tourism office, which can provide information about visiting possibilities.

The park was relaid by the French landscape architect Henri Duchêne, who lived from 1841 to 1902; the sources give no year for the commission itself. The castle and its park are not protected as a monument, and they are seldom open to visitors.