Buitenplaats Borggraaf

English translation

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Description

Description part 1: The MAIN BUILDING with short access bridge (bridge structure from 1908) lies in the inner moat; the base of the house is filled in, it is assumed that the house previously stood in the water. The main building, constructed in brick, consists of four wings around a courtyard. The west wing and the slightly later north wing both date from the 16th century, the narrow east wing dates from 1555 according to wall anchors and the narrow south wing is from a slightly later date. The broad wings are executed with stepped gables, the north and east wings contain partially brick-on-edge courses. The Renaissance small gate in the south facade stands between brick pilasters on which a pediment and vase-shaped finials of marl are set up. The original wooden gate doors date from the 18th century and may be older. The west wing contains the principal living quarters, the floors of which are higher than those in the other wings; beneath the said living quarters are two adjoining nearly square cellars each with four cross-rib vaults on an octagonal central pillar. Against the facade of the north wing a low tower with hipped roof and a kitchen with flat roof were built in 1926. All roofs are covered with natural slate. Multi-pane windows. Interior: In the living quarters of the west wing there are, among other things, ceiling and wall paintings dating from around 1885, with the covering paint applied directly to the stucco layer and furnished with floral and geometric motifs. In the north wing in the hall (the former kitchen) there is, among other things, a ceiling with main and secondary beams (wooden in oak) and an old fireplace with caryatid pilasters and wooden mantelpiece, all from the 16th century. In the kitchen all walls are completely lined with pink glazed tiles with black banding (1926). The access bridge connects the house with the forecourt and consists of two parts: a wooden deck (once drawbridge-like) with wrought-iron gates as railing and a brick section with one arch (17th-18th century) and on it brick parapets that end in four brick pillars with spherical finials in natural stone, 1908. The bridge head on the forecourt side connects to the brick moat wall (18th-19th century); this wall (with a course slightly above ground level) forms along its entire length the south bank of the southern part of the inner moat; on the wall stand at regular intervals brick pillars with stone coping slabs.

Appréciation:

The MAIN BUILDING with short access bridge is of general importance:

- because of its age;

- because of its architecture and high degree of originality;

- because of interior components;

- because of the extension from 1926: the addition of a tower in that period can be called exceptional.