Sacelláry Castle, Art Nouveau château in Budafok, Budapest, Hungary

Sacelláry Castle is an Art Nouveau château in Budafok, in Budapest's 22nd district, next to the Törley estate but separated from it by a large stone wall. Its exterior decoration carries many horse-chestnut motifs, the favourite tree of Sacelláry Irén. Inside, a narrow corridor leads from the entrance to the Great Hall, which holds the family coat of arms with a swan; from there rooms open off, and a carved staircase rises to the bedrooms. Róth Miksa made the hall's leaded-glass windows, and the wood panelling and plaster stuccos survive.

The Sacelláry family, of Byzantine origin, appeared in Budafok as buyers in 1875. The castle was built between 1895 and 1899 for Sacelláry Irén, daughter of Sacelláry György, who married champagne producer Törley József in 1885. In 1926 her brothers sold it to the Hungarian Post, which set up a lung sanatorium there.

The great hall's leaded-glass windows were made by Róth Miksa, and the family coat of arms with a swan hangs in the shield there. Sacelláry Irén's favourite tree, the horse chestnut, recurs as a motif on the exterior decoration, and original wood panelling and plaster stucco survive inside.

The castle has been in private hands since 2002 and the building and garden open only occasionally as event venues. Access is therefore tied to specific occasions rather than regular visiting hours, so check locally before travelling to Budafok. The grounds lie next to the Törley estate, separated from it by a tall stone wall.

The estate was bought by the Hungarian Postal Service in 1926, which turned the château into a tuberculosis sanatorium; after nationalisation it passed to the Tétényi Road hospital and stayed a sanatorium until the 1980s. In 1987 the Hungarian Credit Bank bought it and had it restored to plans by interior designer Harrer Cézár.