Koningshof country estate - Overveen

In 1652, the Flemish-Lutheran merchant Carl du Moulin became the owner of this territory, where a homestead already stood at the time. Du Moulin continued to expand the grounds and buildings.

The current country house on the Koningshof estate was commissioned by the Luden-van der Vliet banking couple in 1898 and designed by architect Abraham Salm. Mathilde Luden-van der Vliet was a descendant of the Borski family, which already owned a lot of land in the Kennemerland region. The fairy-tale country house was built in a style akin to the English country house style, with characteristic elements such as turrets, conservatories and bay windows. Although it was originally intended as a summer residence, the family soon decided to live in the manor permanently.

Leonard Springer was commissioned to design the garden in the English landscape style. Springer designed the garden so that the villa is slightly rotated in relation to the main sightlines, making it look modest and seem effortlessly integrated into the landscape. The park forest is now owned by Natuurmonumenten, which recently restored it. The estate is open to the public, the manor house is not.