Hooghstede

English translation

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Description

Introduction

The FARMHOUSE 'Hooghstede' was built in 1887 as a long-house type with an adjoining SUMMER HOUSE connected by an intermediate section, both in a style related to Eclecticism with elements of Neo-Renaissance and Chalet style. The other outbuildings, including a thatch-covered hay barn (four-rod) on the rear yard, butter-churn house and shed, are of subsidiary importance for protection purposes. According to a foundation stone to the right of the entrance, the first stone was laid by W. v.d. Lans and C. v.d. Salm. The architecture is characterised on the one hand by the application of coloured decorative brickwork and on the other by wind vanes executed with carved work. Characteristic for the building period is also the application of so-called 'angel windows', which were particularly used in the region of the Oude Rijn and Hollandsche IJssel. In the rear house, between the living and stable sections, part of the working kitchen has been preserved.

The farmhouse is located in the Hoogmadesche Polder, along an exit road lined with predominantly 19th-century farmhouses west of the village centre of Hoogmade. On an almost rectangular plot (part of medieval strip subdivision) the farmhouse and the summer house to its east are positioned with their front facades facing the road. The summer house is set back relative to the living section of the farmhouse. The yard around the farmhouse and summer house is paved. Two lime trees stand in front of the living section's facade. The yard layout on the front and rear sides further consists of lawn and various deciduous trees and shrubs scattered across the yard. The yard is bounded on the south side by a ditch, parallel to the public road. The main entrance to the yard consists of a dam (provided with a culvert) with a wrought-iron gate, which falls outside the protected area. On the east and west sides there are also narrow ditches. On the north side the yard transitions into meadow.

Description

Farmhouse with summer house of the long-house type, each on a rectangular ground plan and connected to each other by an intermediate section. Each consists of one storey and an attic storey, which is barrel-vaulted on the rear side. The farmhouse is covered with thatch and has hipped roof ridges; the summer house has hipped flat Frisian tiles. The right roof slope of the living section has a small roof window under an open roof slope. The ridge directions of both building masses run parallel to each other and stand at right angles to the road. The summer house is set back somewhat relative to the living section of the farmhouse.

The facades are built in grey brick in Flemish bond with arched stretches on the underside and segmental arches above the doors and windows. In both front facades are various decorative elements of yellow brick, such as decorative bands and voussoirs and springer stones of the arches. The plinth of the living section consists of grey plasterwork. The windows of both living sections contain mostly six-pane sash windows. The lightly arched stable windows, like the cellar windows, are provided with window guards and are hung with shutters painted in a red-green hourglass motif.

The symmetrically arranged front facade of the partially cellared living section (south) of the farmhouse is a pointed gable with corner pilasters and a central projection, richly decorated with decorative bands, partly executed with a blocked motif. The entrance door in the centre is a panelled door with two-pane fanlight with a foundation stone to its right. On either side of this is a six-pane sash window, with a two-pane cellar window with window guards beneath the right one. On the storey in the centre is an angel window under a chevron arch. The side and fanlights are provided with diagonally placed glazing bars. On either side the facade is enlivened with triangular decorative brickwork. The wooden wind vanes are executed with a scalloped motif and at the location of the lower makelaars decorated with an openwork motif. In the top makalar are the Latin cross, the anchor and the heart (symbols for faith, hope and love). The left side facade (west) has from right to left three sash windows, one wooden door with two-pane fanlight to the working kitchen and four stable windows. The right side facade (east) has from left to right: two cellar windows, one placed high on the facade (sash window), a small intermediate section and three stable windows. In the small intermediate section on either side is a door with a chevron arch-shaped fanlight. In the symmetrically arranged rear facade (north) a central double stable door is flanked by two single doors (former manure hatches). On the storey in the centre a loft hatch is placed, provided with a chevron arch-shaped fanlight with diagonally placed glazing bars.

The summer house has a somewhat shorter and narrower rectangular ground plan than the farmhouse, but the rear facade building lines do align with each other. The symmetrically arranged front facade is accordingly slightly smaller than the front facade of the living section, but otherwise has a similar facade arrangement and detailing, with the exception that in place of the central entrance door is a sash window. The left side facade (west) has a segmental arch stable window and a door.

Against the right side facade (east), in which there are several rectangular stable windows, a wash shed under a lean-to roof has been built on the front (south), which extends to the ditch. Both end facades have a wooden door; the side facade has a segmental arched stable door. The symmetrically arranged rear facade (north) has a central stable door flanked by two segmental arched iron stable windows. On the storey in the centre a loft hatch is placed, provided with a chevron arch-shaped fanlight with diagonally placed glazing bars.

In the former working kitchen, located between the stable and living section of the main building, the original brick paving, a cooling tank, granite worktop and a chimney are still present. The three-aisle arrangement of the stable section with stanchions is largely original. There are, among other things, several feeding troughs.

The relatively austere summer house has the original timber ceiling with consoles and a small chimney.

Valuation

The farmhouse 'Hooghstede' is of general importance because of its cultural-historical value as an example of an largely intact farmyard from the end of the 19th century with a long-house farmhouse characteristic of Central Holland and more specifically the Rijn region, and the associated summer house. The farmyard gives a representative impression of the total layout of a farmhouse from the last quarter of the 19th century.

The farmhouse is of general importance because of its architectural-historical value as a representative example of agricultural architecture with rich formal design in a style related to Eclecticism with elements of Neo-Renaissance and Chalet style. The architectural components are intact in principal form, material use and detailing.

The farmhouse has situational value because of its location in the open polder landscape on a reclamation axis along which further farmhouses dating mainly from the 19th century are also located.