Huis Lemferdinge

English translation

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Description

Former STOREHOUSE of the havezathe Lemferdinge, demolished in 1811, characteristically situated on an outlier of the Hondsrug, along the edge of the catchment area of the Drentse Aa and forming part of the series of country estates Eelde-Paterswolde.

The history of Lemferdinge goes back to 1477. In 1766 the property was granted the right of havezathe by transfer from elsewhere, but this right subsequently lapsed for Lemferdinge through relocation to another property. Since the demolition of the main house and eastern storehouse in 1811, the name Lemferdinge refers to the western storehouse that was spared and converted into a residence. According to a deed from that same year, the storehouse, which dates in its layout from the beginning of the 18th century but which through a number of alterations bears a predominantly early 19th-century character, is surrounded by a partly formal, partly landscape garden - old deeds mention an 'English section to the west and north of the house' - a sight line, tall old trees, a pond and part of the former moat. Remnants of these are still preserved and recognisable.

Lemferdinge has had various owners. Among others the commander of the Batavian army in the north Jean Baptiste Dumonceau. Upon Dumonceau's purchase of the property in 1797, the havezathe comprised a 'castle' with a large moat and drawbridge, two storehouses, extensive gardens, woodland and meadows. Dumonceau had the moats largely filled in, the façade restored and the gardens redesigned and expanded. In 1810 a certain H. Uges from Eelde purchased the meanwhile dilapidated havezathe in order subsequently to demolish it with the exception of the aforementioned storehouse. This was converted into a dwelling, presumably using material from the demolished havezathe.

Since the conversion Lemferdinge has changed hands several times and minor alterations have been carried out. The last residents of the house were Dr. Louis Adriaan Bähler and his wife Geziena Bähler-Boerma. They occupied the storehouse from 1911 to 1953 and left their mark on it. In 1953 Lemferdinge came into the possession of the Vereniging Ons Dorphuis in Eelde. Management was placed under the Bähler-Boerma Stichting Lemferdinge which acquired the building in 1983.

The building is now largely in use as a museum; a small part is occupied as a residence.

Description

A building on a spacious own plot, on rectangular ground plan, constructed of brick, comprising one storey and covered by a composite hipped roof lined with glazed Frisian tiles with valley gutter; two chimneys with caps; gutter on brackets; gutter moulding; rod anchors. The façades are asymmetrically arranged and have predominantly early 19th-century 6-pane sash windows with shutters (the frames presumably originate from the old havezathe). In the front façade a simple entrance with 2-pane fanlight, step and hardstone bollards; roof dormer originally with pediment, now with sculpted weathervane. In the roof slope of the left side façade a large roof dormer with two opening 4-pane windows; likewise originally with pediment, now with sculpted weathervane. The detailing of the rear façade is irregular; above the kitchen entrance a roof dormer with simple bell-cote; in the right side façade a cellar window with bars and a 4-pane window at the level of the apple loft.

In the INTERIOR the following are of particular note: the black and white tiled corridor, in the rooms on either side of the corridor the heavy early 18th-century beam ceilings with broad sections; the partly 18th-, partly 19th-century folding shutters in cupboards and the window seats, the presumably secondarily used early 18th-century room doors with frames, the kitchen with 18th-century components such as a tiled chimney hood with glazed tiles with white surround and stove; a late 19th-century natural stone counter and blue patterned tiles from the same period. Clog cupboard and kitchen cupboards are decorated by the last residents with a striking red-black pattern. Adjacent to the kitchen a basement with tiles and a reinforced door; above it an apple loft. Roof truss structure consisting of composite rafter roof of which the tie beam runs across the full width of the house and also supports the valley gutter; the wallplate of the valley gutter is supported by posts.

Valuation

Early 18th-century storehouse in layout, named Huis Lemferdinge, of general cultural-historical and building-historical significance

- on account of the memory it represents of the original early 18th-century havezathe Lemferdinge; - on account of the presence in the building of a number of early 18th-century building components originating from the demolished havezathe and of a number of valuable 19th-century and later elements; - on account of the history of occupation; - on account of the place the house occupies in the characteristic series of country estates Paterswolde-Eelde.