't Nijenhuis

English translation

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Description

MAIN BUILDING Kasteel het Nijenhuis: Brick main building created in different construction phases, consisting of a main wing with two side wings projecting forward at right angles. The former havezathe, which is completely surrounded by a moat, abuts a rectangular forecourt paved with clinker bricks on three sides. The wings are covered by hipped roofs partly tiled with grey and black-glazed Old Dutch tiles, with four rectangular unmodelled chimneys at the roof ridges. The left (east) wing and the main wing are partly constructed in a bright red brick, which, like the masonry found there, indicates a 17th-century founding date (Ter Kuile). The rear (south) facade does not reach as high as the side facades, although all roofs have the same ridge height. Given this difference in height, it is plausible that the left wing and the main wing were not created in a single construction campaign. The rear facade and left side facade show various construction traces of different renovations. In an archival document from 1618, Robert van Ittersum mentions: "the new construction that my late wife and I built thereon in the year 1618". The main form of the left wing probably came about in this year (Olde Meierink). At the end of the 17th century, a shallow (approximately 2.20 metres) building body was constructed across the full width of the main wing at the front for access to the adjoining rooms via a vestibule (ground floor) and a corridor (first floor). The right wing probably dates from this period as well. Both this extension and the right wing are built in small grey brick. In the middle of the extension is the projecting entrance section, above which is a balcony accessible from the corridor on the first floor via a double multi-pane door. With this renovation, an attempt was made to develop as symmetrical a façade as possible. Through the use of cloister windows, which were already old-fashioned at the time of construction of the right wing, and by the way they were positioned, the right wing was made to match the left wing. They even went so far as to execute the windows on the bel-étage and first floor half blind, to mask the fact that the right wing, unlike the left, has a semi-sunken basement, directly accessible from the forecourt via an entrance (placed under a cloister window) in the side facade. The relatively deep-set wooden windows of the extension were originally provided with arched lintels, as is evident from an image from around 1860.

The simple balustrade, which closes off the projecting section, was installed during the last restoration of the house (1956-1957), and differs somewhat from the balustrade that appears in an image from around 1890. In the middle of the balustrade was at that time a board bearing the Roman numerals MCCCCXXXVIII (1438), possibly the founding year of the house. In a photograph from around 1870 the balustrade is not visible. In another photograph from this period a balustrade is again visible with a raised intermediate section, where the drapery decoration is now situated. In 1896, to a design by the Deventer architect Gantvoort, an octagonal tower and a square pavilion tower were built on the SE and SW sides of the house respectively, the roofs of which are covered with slate. On this occasion the cloister windows in the wings were also provided with tympani.

The risaliting entrance section located centrally in the projecting part is built up from fluting in sandstone and plastered brick faced partly blocked moulding. The moulding surrounds a double panelled door and a semicircular fanlight with spoke-bars. Above it a decorative wrought-iron balcony railing with interlocking squares and diamonds. The balcony door is likewise surrounded by blocked moulding. On the axis of the entrance section at the height of the balustrade a simple bell tower. As such, the balustrade with bell tower installed during the restoration in 1956 and 1957 somewhat corresponds to the situation indicated by a photograph from around 1877, albeit that there was no bell tower at that time (Olde Meierink).

The right side gable in the 17th-century section has three bays with cross windows on the piano nobile, and with bullseye windows on the upper storey and cellar level. Between the right side gable and tower a transitional section built in eclectic style (containing a staircase). Adjacent a pseudo-gatehouse (with a small bridge), which provides access to a brick platform. In the tower gables of the southwest tower ground-floor and on the upper storey monumental cross windows with tympani; the ground-floor windows display glass-in-lead glazing.

Two sandstone blocks in the back gable indicate an original toilet once present here. Immediately beside the octagonal tower two narrow Late Gothic 2-light windows (16th century or older). This gable otherwise shows an irregular window arrangement and appearance of multi-pane windows, according to which the original arrangement can no longer be determined. On the left side two blank niches. The sides of the pavilion tower facing away from the house rest on double round arches rising from the water. In these sides ground-floor, on first and second storey a multi-pane sash window, diminishing in height per storey. Against the east gable of the left wing three sandstone consoles from the mid-17th century, which support a partly sandstone and partly wooden relieving arch. Originally there was probably a sandstone arch, as still occur on the front gable at Kasteel Twickel at Delden (Ter Kuile). The right part of this gable shows various construction joints, which suggest that there was an extension on this side. Ground-floor and on the upper storey multi-pane windows, with two window bays distinguishable on the right side.

Interior: in the main wing at the rear there are a hall and a room. Against the wall of the right side wing a fireplace. Perpendicular to this the small dining room with a 17th-century flat white-painted fireplace. In the southwestern cabinet a painted wooden ceiling with a representation of putti in the middle, and quarter-circle-shaped compartments with grisaille in the corners. In the left wing a 'blue room' with two cabinets and a fireplace against the partition wall. In the southwestern cabinet a wooden ceiling with a bright blue border and a scroll motif, in the middle a recessed section with eight steeply rising mirrors around a flat mirror. In the northeastern corner is located the salon, with a ceiling divided by timber beams into nine recessed compartments, containing stuccowork from the last quarter of the 17th century. In the room opposite the arch a sturdy fireplace from the second half of the 17th century. The adjoining small room displays a ceiling consisting of nine compartments with a painting depicting the glorification of King-Stadtholder William III. Furthermore at this level the so-called Angels' room with a ceiling provided with a painted representation with angels. The right arm of the vestibule situated in the extension is open towards the staircase to the upper storeys. This staircase has oak treads and a post around which one turns while ascending. It is fitted with 17th-century carved work. During restoration around 1957 the staircase received its grey marbled finish. On the storey in the room above the 'blue' hall a 17th-century fireplace. The cellar spaces display barrel vaults and trough vaults between timber beams.