The two-storey, U-shaped building with short wings has few decorative elements, but the one that is perhaps most worth mentioning is the low attic wall painted in the Romanian national colours that originally displayed the family’s crest.
Elek Benedek decided to repurchase the lands his parents sold for his education. Finally, on the twelve acres of land, which he got back from piece to piece, begun the construction of a dreamed manor (in 1896). The house was designed by a relative of his wife, the architect Richárd Poldesz, in a way as to offer accommodation for the family, grandchildren, friends and guests.
The village and the estate, after being in the possession of numerous owners, became the property of the Haller family in 1610 through a marriage. They owned it for more than 300 years. Since 2011 the castle functions as a hotel.
The mansion is situated across the Damokos-Cseh Mansion House. On the same site, closer to the main road and parallel to the stone fence, there used to be another mansion house. Many carved stone elements of this old house were used to build the new mansion house.
The building has three large windows with frames, window sills and straight eyebrow arch lintels, which are vertically decorated. Its two side avan-corps end in a trapezoidal frontispiece, that contains three narrow illuminating windows.
The manor was built by Papszász Lajos at the beginning of the 19th century, in Classicist style. After the Second World War, the manor hosted the Collective Agricultural Offices, then in the 90s the manor hosted balls. Today, the manor is the property of Săcueni Town Hall, but it stands empty, and its state is degrading every day.
Peisagist engeneer, lecturer
