Boerderij(M1), Kloosterstraat 6

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Already in 1610 a FARMHOUSE belonging to the nunnery convent Maria in Campis stood on the site of the property Kloosterstraat 6;8, a function which this present, largely early nineteenth-century building may also have had. The restored building currently in use as a double dwelling originally had a different main form and only acquired its present shape following extension and alteration of the early nineteenth-century building elements. The building, extensively altered and restored in 1972, stands among a cluster of historic buildings in the oldest part of Assen. Description

The building, largely constructed of hand-moulded brick, has a rectangular ground plan and is characterized on the front elevation by a storey under a hipped/half-hipped roof with three covered chimney stacks on the ridge, and on the rear elevation by two storeys under two hipped roofs, all covered with old Dutch tiles. The nine-bay-wide front facade with plastered plinth is furnished with closed-topped windows with glazing bars under sash windows, rod anchors and two entrances with stone thresholds and door posts. The entrance of no. 8 (left) consists of a simple lattice door with unworked posts under a profiled lintel, glazing bar and sash window. The door of no. 6 (right) is a panelled door with fanlight under profiled lintel and glazing bar with ovals, and door posts with casements and a thin cornice. The facade is terminated by an entablature. In the front roof hipped section stands a wooden roof dormer with gabled roof and wing pieces, zinc cheeks and pediment under gabled roof directly above both entrances. The front (western) of the higher rising right gable ends is furnished with a closed-topped window with glazing bars under stretcher on the ground floor. Two smaller windows with glazing bars and an even smaller window are located on a storey under the half-hipped end finished with a main tie. The sloped gable edges between half-hipped end and long facades are furnished with wattling. Perpendicular to the front gable end stands a barn (originally probably a coach house adjoining stables) with a gabled roof covered with Dutch tiles with scalloped wind-braces. This has on the street side a pointed gable with closed-topped carriage doors under sash window, a likewise closed-topped sash window with glazing bars and a small cast-iron grille window in the gable top. The rear gable end of this extension is symmetrical and furnished with a wooden storefront applied during a 1972 restoration/alteration with closed-topped gable openings between pilasters and cornice with above it a wooden gable top with radial glazing bars in the round attic window. The long side facade is characterized by shrinkage and the short side facade against the house by six-pane sash windows hung with shutters. The rear building elements are furnished with a second storey under hipped roof. The present layout of the rear facades is also the result of the 1972 restoration/alteration. The western part of the rear facade belonging to no. 6 is furnished on the ground floor with a recessed grille window and four shuttered casement windows opening onto the garden under stretchers. The four windows on the storey are closed-topped sash windows likewise hung with venetian blinds. The eastern gable section belonging to no. 8 forms part of a possibly younger building element. It has its own roof (hipped roof) and is furnished with windows placed at a different height in the facade constructed of a different type of brick. The two relatively high placed cross windows with venetian blinds on the ground floor belong to a section with a higher floor (upper room), below which lies a basement. The right part is comparable to the storefront in the gable end of the coach house and furnished with broad garden casement windows with glazing bars between pilasters standing on stone basements. The six-pane sash windows on the storey are likewise hung with venetian blinds. The entire rear facade is terminated by an entablature with gutter moulding on brackets. Against the gable end a blank wall has been constructed. Above this the top of the original side wall can still be seen. Also at the left corner of the front facade it can be seen that this wall is an addition to the original, which formerly stood against the outer wall of a building demolished in the early seventies. The eaves line of the left gable end of the front building section is located in height between that of the front facade and the rear building element. Evaluation

The building is of value both because of its history of origin and because of its building history, which can be largely reconstructed from various details and building seams. The character-defining building, which has the characteristics of more rural architecture, is also of value as a characteristic element of the built environment in the oldest part of Assen, whereby it also possesses great ensemble value. It also forms part of the protected townscape Assen.