Ned. Herv. Kerk Hoofddorp

English translation

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Description

Introduction

NETHERLANDS HERVORMDE KERK, component forming part of the complex of Netherlands Reformed Church and rectory on the Hoofdweg in Hoofddorp. The church was built as a hall church between 1855 and 1858, designed by the Amsterdam architect Bakker, in eclectic style. The building is oriented NE-SW. The church contains an organ dating from 1869, manufactured by Knipscheer, of which the ORGAN CASE is also under protection. In 1952 the church was restored and alterations were made, primarily in the interior. Among other things, the arrangement of the space was altered and a new dais with pulpit, communion table, font and sounding board were installed. A new, flat ceiling was also added.

N.B. The dais, pulpit, communion table, font and sounding board are not under protection.

Description

Hall church on rectangular plan with gabled roof covered with blue-fired cross tiles. The ridge line is perpendicular to the Hoofdweg. The southern roof pitch is pierced by a chimney. The church is built of red brick, laid in bond, above a raised plinth. The front facade (NW) and right side facade (SW) are provided with a white render coat. The church has a depth of seven bays and is provided with a built-in tower on the street side. The roof has a hanging roof truss structure. Unless otherwise stated, the window axes contain an iron round-arched window with multi-light glazing bars, with a stone sill and closed off by a stuccoed eyebrow on consoles.

The symmetrically arranged, white rendered front facade (NW) has a width of three bays and a height of two storeys. The middle bay projects and contains the built-in tower, composed of three sections. The first section contains on the ground floor the main entrance, consisting of a heavy rectangular double panelled door. On either side of the door is a stone commemorative plaque attached to commemorate the building period. Above the door are a rectangular eyebrow on consoles and a straight moulding. Above the cornice band is a large round-arched window, above which a profiled moulding has been applied. Above this begins the second section of the tower which is square and which is closed off above the roof by a moulding on consoles. This section contains in the front facade a round window that allows light through into the roof truss. The third section of the tower consists of a square brick bell tower with in each side straight sound holes and a clock face. On the bell tower stands an octagonal slate-covered spire, on which a gilded weathervane sits. The two outer bays of the front facade likewise contain a double panelled door with a round-arched window above it. The front facade is closed off on either side of the tower by a projecting profiled cornice.

The white rendered right side facade (SW) has a width of seven bays, of which the two outer ones project slightly. The corner bays contain on the ground floor a rectangular window and above the cornice band a smaller round-arched window. The five middle bays each contain a large round-arched window above the cornice. The facade is closed off by a projecting wooden cornice with barge board.

The left side facade (NE) has in principle the same arrangement as the right side facade. On the northeastern corner bay, however, the round-arched window is blocked. Of the five middle bays, the two outer ones contain a round-arched window that widens downwards, which interrupts the cornice. The three middle window axes have no round-arched window, but a round-arched shaped relief.

The symmetrically arranged rear facade (SE) has a width of five window axes, of which the three middle ones are grouped together in a slightly projecting middle section. The first and fifth axes contain on the ground floor a rectangular wooden door with semi-circular fanlight and above the cornice a round-arched window. The three window axes of the middle section contain on both the ground floor and the first floor on each axis a round-arched window. In the top of the facade is a rose window.

The doors in the front facade provide access to three adjacent vestibules which in turn lead to the church interior (with the exception of the northeastern one). The church interior has white rendered walls, the floor is laid with natural stone grave slabs. Along three walls are set blocks of pews which provide a view of the pulpit, placed against the blind northeastern wall. In the middle of the room, perpendicular to the length direction, stand (non-original) loose chairs. Along the southwestern wall extends a wooden gallery with pew blocks. The gallery is supported by four columns rising to the ceiling, which are covered with vertical slats. Two stairs in the vestibules and rear areas of the church lead to this gallery. Under the tower, on the northwest side, is the organ gallery. The organ case is executed in wood and is decorated with primarily neo-baroque motifs such as scrolls, volutes and making-music angels. A wall on one side and a column on the other support the superstructure of the tower. Behind the church interior, on the southeast side, at the depth of one bay on the ground floor there are still three rooms and on the first floor some meeting rooms.

Valuation

The hall church dating from 1855-1859, built in eclectic style, with front tower and organ case, is of general importance for reasons of architectural and cultural-historical value as a characteristic and historically-functional main component of the religious complex Netherlands Reformed Church in Hoofddorp.