Christianelyst
Christianelyst is a listed house situated on the northern shore of Bagsværd Lake in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. The Neoclassical property consists of a main wing and two side wings surrounding three sides of a courtyard which is open to the north. The garden to the south of the house slopes down towards the lake.
History
Christianelyst is the last of several properties which were sold off from the Frederiksdal estate from the middle of the 18th century and used for the construction of country houses. They were collectively referred to as Ny Frederiksdal and also comprised Søro and Tusculum.Christianelyst was built by Carl Ludwig Drewsen in 1803. He named the house after his wife, Christiane Louise Frederikke Buch, the daughter of the gardener at Frederiksdal House, whom he had married the previous year.
In the late 19th century, Ferdinand Meldahl added pergolas between the main wing and its two side wings but they have later been removed. The house was refurbished in 1988–89.