Kerk, Van Grevenbroeckstraat 2

English translation

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Description

Dutch Reformed Church. Gothic cruciform church with three-aisled nave under one roof. 15th century choir converted to sexton's dwelling, with three bays and three-sided closure. Slightly later projecting transept. Nave of two bays with side aisles; the windows of the south aisle in the early 16th century heightened to the top and provided with spout gables. Internally octagonal pillars with pointed relieving arches; pointed arch wooden barrel vaults with ribs, resting on corbels decorated with carved heads and similar carved work in the knots of the ribs; in the south aisle braces towards the high windows. 15th century brick tower with diagonal buttresses and decoration of sparing fields. 17th century pulpit with brass lectern from 1743, font holder from the same period; early 19th century organ in Louis XVI style. Gravestones: for Jhr Cornelis van Gravenbroeck and his wife and children (1669 and 1682) priest's stone from 1563, gravestone from 1616, gravestone from 1800 with the arms Martini and Buys. Single-manual organ, made circa 1830 by unknown maker. In 1872 altered and in 1971 restored. Bell frame with peal consisting of four bells, including a bell by Petit and Fritsen, 1927, diam. 66 cm. and three modern bells. Mechanical tower clock, A. Vos and Sons, 1906.