RK-kerk

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Roman Catholic church built in 1924 in Traditionalist style designed by Amsterdam architect H. Bijl on commission of the Holy Andrew parish. Contractor was Van der Liefvoort from Arnhem. The development of Zorgvlied and the parish are closely linked with the history of the Society of Benevolence. A central role is played by the figure of Lodewijk Guillaume Verwer who, together with his wife Johanna Cornelia Ludovica van Wensen, are depicted in the stained glass windows of the apse. Verwer built Huize Zorgvlied around 1880 and had a private chapel in it. Thereafter, an outbuilding of a manor house on the current site was converted into a church. In 1884 the ecclesiastical parish of Holy Andrew was established. In 1923 work began on the new church. Foundation stone: P.L.P. 19 27/11 23. The protection concerns the church and interior. The attached sacristy is of subordinate importance, as is the meeting room on the east side.

Description

Hall church of five bays with apse and tower. Facade construction with mortared plinth, sandstone string courses and rising brickwork. The symmetrically arranged front facade has a projecting tower with a pointed arch shaped portal with segmental arch shaped double panel door with arrow, keystone and stained glass window. In the recessed facade surfaces of the church as well as on the tower storey a narrow stained glass window. On three sides of the tower two pointed arch shaped sound openings with sounding boards; above them (on four sides) round niches, projecting brickwork towards the gutter line and a tapered octagonal spire clad with slates and an ornamental arrow with weathercock. The side facades executed with buttresses and per bay three pointed arch windows with coloured stained glass; string course under the simple gutter line carried on corbels. Gabled roof with slates (Maas-style covering). On the east side the gable is crowned with tapering brickwork with a cross in it. Against the east facade a rectangular apse with on both sides a coloured stained glass window and in the gable three stained glass pointed arch windows.

INTERIOR: Hall with square-ended double panel door with stained glass fanlights. Right-hand wall with square-ended panel door. Hall and church with black, yellow and brown glazed tiles. Symmetrically placed oak pews provided with some carving and placed on a platform. From the lower jambs of the windows the walls are plastered. Pointed arch shaped wooden vault on quarter-barrel with profiled projecting wooden corbels which extend downward and rest on mortared corbels. Decorative ribs are placed between the rafters. The vault is elegant and painted in its original form. Apse or priest choir set with mortared pointed arch with foundation stone: P(rimus) L(apis) P(ositus) 19 27/11 23. The rectangular apse has, among other things, high-placed round stained glass windows. East facade with three pointed arch windows with in the centre among other things Jesus and below the names Verwer and Wensen. Left Mary with Child and medallion of Verwer. Right Holy Andrew with medallion of Verwer of Wensen. North facade with door to sacristy. In apse a contemporary altar.

Valuation

Church of cultural-historical importance due to its function and significance in relation to the Society of Benevolence, of architectural-historical importance due to its design and the integrity of interior and exterior, as well as of urban planning importance due to its image-determining location.