Bijgebouwen kastelen enz., Oud-Valkenburg 5

English translation

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Description

Description

OUTBUILDINGS, consisting of

a. gatehouse

b. tithe barn

c. service building

d. swan house

e. water mill

Re a.: gatehouse, 17th-18th century; rectangular building, moat side and short gables of marl, forecourt facade of brick with bands of marl; hipped roof with slate tiles; the gate passage east of centre in the front facade; in the passage on the walls left and right a painted text: PAX HUIC DOMUI and NOBISCUM EST DEUS; above the gate on the front facade side a triangular pediment with three small windows; above that an octagonal roof turret with owl-shaped roof; wooden gate doors with hinges and closing mechanism, very probably designed after Cuypers, 19th century. Round hard stone corner stones at gate doors. The gatehouse closes off the forecourt on the south side and is connected to the service building by a short garden wall topped by a stepped gable; wall in marl and brick; in the middle of the wall a round wooden gate door.

Re b.: tithe barn, 17th-18th century, on rectangular ground plan; marl, only the forecourt facade with bands of marl; gabled roof with red tiles; closes off the forecourt on the north side. The barn is connected to the service building by a short wall in marl; in it a wooden door.

Re c.: on the west side of the forecourt stands the elongated service building, divided by two stepped gables projecting above the gabled roof into three sections of approximately equal length; also stepped end gables; marl, only on the forecourt side, as with the gatehouse and tithe barn, bands of marl. Roof covered with red tiles. On the forecourt side in the middle of the middle section above one of the round doors a curved pediment with oculus; anchor date 1701, in the keystone of one of the round doors the date 1738 with the name Hoen - Beissel. On the rear side perpendicular to the building a short garden wall of marl in two heights; the lowest section ends at the moat; at the facade a lightly arched wooden gate door. The wall stands in the extension of the southern stepped gable, not being the end gable.

Re d.: the swan house, 18th century, is a small rectangular building of marl under an inswept hipped roof with grey tiles; once served as night shelter for water fowl; it stands on the forecourt between castle and service buildings with one long side in the moat.

Re e.: the water mill, 17th century and older; some alterations to roof edges, 19th century; rectangular building of brick and marl, entirely painted white; splayed hipped roof with slate; on the west and east sides extensions under lean-to roof with grey tiles; the north gable has a short projecting entrance section with gable roof; on the south side the extension with sluice-lock walls and mill wheel; the mill stands on the north bank of the Molenbeek precisely to the south of the castle; in the north gable the date 1699.

Valuation

OUTBUILDINGS of general importance

- on account of their age

- on account of their architecture

- on account of their cultural-historical values.