Historische aanleg, Oppen Swolle bij 7

English translation

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Description

LAYOUT AROUND THE MAIN BUILDING. The layout around Den Oldenhof, given its formal structure, will date from around 1800 or earlier. In the course of the nineteenth century, within the formal pattern some elements in landscape style came into being, such as the laying out of winding lanes, the English wood and the pattern of paths in the vegetable garden and orchard. Initially a large part was planted with coppice, the area of which has diminished since the middle of the nineteenth century. The layout is formed by the forecourt, the vegetable garden in front of it and adjoining orchard. To the north of the forecourt and vegetable garden lies the English wood. The formal central part of the layout is surrounded by moats, along which are oak lanes. Beyond this, on the west side there are two further oak lanes and a lane runs to the south, likewise planted with oak, which leads to the old provincial road. In the south-east corner coppice is planted, within which nineteenth-century winding lanes. On the east side of the estate are hedgerows, as well as to the west of the Melkallee and along the old provincial road. Furthermore, to the east of the vegetable garden and orchard are tall woods, as well as in the south-western part, in which are winding paths. The north-western part, between Halleweg and Lange Pad is taken up by a parcel of grassland. The forecourt is planted with pollard lime trees on the west and east sides, and with several beeches on the south side. The vegetable garden and adjoining orchard are divided by winding paths, accompanied by boxwood hedges. The northern part is in use as an ornamental and vegetable garden. The remainder is formed by an orchard. The English wood, a triangular piece of land, situated to the north of the forecourt and vegetable garden, was originally laid out in landscape style with winding paths and meandering watercourses. This part was planted predominantly with solitary trees and ornamental shrubs. The lane between the originally eighteenth-century iron fence along the old provincial road and the Halleweg consists in the southern section of two rows of beech, while just to the south of where the house is situated the lane planting changes to four rows of oaks, interrupted at the height of the house, to then continue in a northerly direction with a row on the east side (with the farmhouse situated on the west side). The Lange Pad is also an oak lane.