Historische aanleg, Rijksweg 116

English translation

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Description

HISTORIC GARDEN AND PARK LAYOUT belonging to the country estate Waterland. Partly in structure and partly in detail well-preserved park in early landscape style from the end of the eighteenth century, in which some formal elements are incorporated. The entire layout has a secluded character without views to the outside. The old, linden-planted, straight carriage drive, which originally crossed the layout, bends with a curve towards the house Waterland. South of this drive a wooded section with a winding path and seven beeches placed in a circle. The open character in the immediate vicinity of the house is determined by the oval lawn in front of the house and the Beisewijd behind the house. The meadows are embellished with tree groups (chestnut) and specimens. The originally rectangular Beisewijd was adapted to the landscape style at the end of the eighteenth century by deepening the ditches on the north and south sides along which specimens were planted, which are now incorporated in the edge planting. Over the lawn to the south a view, between a screen of oaks and beeches, of the round water feature. The raised hill behind the basin is planted with rhododendrons (1930/40), extending to the pond section in the southwest corner of the layout. The shrubbery somewhat obscures an important diagonal sight line. By the garden architect L.A. Springer alterations were carried out at the beginning of the twentieth century, among other things by planting rhododendrons. The rose garden according to his design has now disappeared. The elongated winding water feature with high sloping L-shaped walk banks contains a small and a large island. In the walk banks eighteenth-century masonry has been found from the scalloped pond from the formal layout. Around the water feature a circulating path with constantly changing views, characteristic of the landscape style. The views offer a surprising perspective through the raised elevations and the elevated position of the path along the northeast side of the pond. On this ridge a curved avenue with a double row of linden trees has been laid out. A number of views are projected across the water feature onto the house. From the water feature a long, straight beech avenue runs, as a remnant of the 18th-century formal layout, through the park woodland along the walled kitchen garden. West of the beech avenue an undulating terrain (small embankments) where a dry basin is located. This is also a remnant of the formal layout. Another striking element is a group of linden trees placed in a circle. East of the beech avenue a curved row of oaks. In the park woodland next to a viewing hill an ice house is located. The northwest corner of the layout has been filled in with specimens and rhododendrons. The adjoining park of the former country estate Meervliet is characterized by an alternation of open spaces (lawn, meadow, kitchen garden) and enclosed spaces. In the meadow a specimen oak.

Valuation

HISTORIC GARDEN AND PARK LAYOUT belonging to the country estate Waterland of general importance:

- because of the well-preserved layout in early landscape style with water feature from the end of the eighteenth century, probably designed by the German garden architect J.G. Michaël;

- because of the remaining 18th-century formal elements, such as the linden and beech avenues, the siting of the kitchen garden and the basin;

- because of the rarity value of a park in early landscape style;

- because of the importance of the layout for the history of garden and landscape architecture.