Grafkelder, Binnendijks o.v. Krimpen Krimpen aan de Lek (Krimpenerwaard 28)

English translation

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Description

Introduction

GRAVE VAULT, erected for K. Smit Jan Zn. in 1892, is designed in Neoclassical style. The grave lies to the north of the grave vault (complex component 3), in the south-eastern corner of the oldest, 19th-century part of the tree-planted General Cemetery on Molenweg, situated in the flat polder landscape.

Description

Grave vault consists of a tomb of plastered brick under a semicircular capping plate with roofing felt and a monumental entrance with aedicula. The arched iron door is surrounded by a frame with dentil moulding and a triangular pediment.

Valuation

The grave vault is of general importance because of its cultural and architectural-historical value as a characteristic example of a grave vault in Neoclassical style from around 1900. It is also a recognizable example from the development that funerary culture underwent at that time. The grave vault is intact in main form, material use and detailing. The grave vault, located on the oldest part of the general cemetery, has ensemble value through the spatial and functional coherence with the various complex components, which have the same character.