Toppeladugård Castle, Renaissance castle in Lund Municipality, Sweden
Toppeladugård Castle is a manor house in Lund Municipality, Scania, built in 1918–20 to designs by Lars Johan Lehming after Johan Kuylenstierna had the old main building and west wing demolished. Its long, low Renaissance-style facade is pale yellow with a central section rising slightly above the wings, orange-red tiled roofs with curved-gabled dormers, and a square tower at the right end capped by a green copper dome, lantern and spire. It stands behind a stretch of water and a grassy bank.
Christina Piper acquired the property in 1720 and turned a working farm into a manor with a formal garden in the Baroque style. The original three-story building fell into disrepair over the following centuries, leading to its eventual replacement.
Toppeladugård began as a small farm and an outbuilding under Häckeberga Castle before Christina Piper bought it in 1720 and had the first castle and a Baroque garden laid out. The present building, designed by Lars Johan Lehming, was put up in 1918–20 for Johan Kuylenstierna after the old main building and west wing were demolished.
The estate is a private residence and is not generally open to visitors, so anyone hoping to see the grounds should reach out to the owners in advance. The building and the outline of the garden can be seen from the road without entering the property.
Although the current building was completed around 1920, it was not built in a modern style of that time but instead drew from older architectural references. This choice to look backward rather than forward was unusual for a construction project of that period in Sweden.
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