Övedskloster Castle, 18th-century stately home in Sjöbo, Sweden.
Övedskloster Castle is a Rococo manor house built 1767–1776 for Hans Ramel to designs by Carl Hårleman, with interiors by Jean Eric Rehn. Its pale limestone facade has a projecting entrance bay topped by a triangular pediment carved with the Ramel coat of arms and the Roman-numeral date MDCCLXXVI. The north side faces an 85-metre courtyard flanked by wings; the garden side has three storeys with French windows.
A Premonstratensian abbey founded around 1175 by Archbishop Eskil of Lund stood here; it was secularised in 1536. A fire after 1594 ruined most monastic buildings, and wars delayed rebuilding. In 1753 Hans Ramel bought the estate and had the present manor built 1769–1776 to plans by Carl Hårleman, with interiors by Jean Eric Rehn.
The rooms display period furniture collections that remain permanently at the estate according to Hans Ramel's testament. These pieces give a sense of how wealthy families lived within these walls.
The state rooms have been shown to visitors through regular guided tours in the summer season since 2010; the tours also take in the castle park with its exotic trees. The manor remains the private home of the Ramel family, so access is limited to these tours. The estate lies at the eastern end of Lake Vombsjön, about 30 km east of Lund.
The north facade carries a carved emblem with the year 1776 in Roman numerals, MDCCLXXVI, above the entrance bay. It marks the completion of the house begun in 1769 to designs by Carl Hårleman, whose interior layout was reworked by Jean Eric Rehn.
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