Veehouderij, Molenweg 1

English translation

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Description

Introduction

STELPBOERDERIJ in sober but well-maintained Craft-traditional style, as evidenced by a datestone in the front facade built in 1855. The farmhouse is situated at the edge of the village of Hitzum, on a fairly large plot bounded on the south-east and north-east sides by a ditch. Three lime trees (originally five) now stand at the front. As of 2000 the farmhouse still has an agricultural function. In 1967 the box beds in the barn were removed. In 1999 some adjustments were made to the interior to increase living comfort.

Description

FARMHOUSE on rectangular ground plan, built of yellow Frisian brick and covered by a steeply pitched hipped roof clad with red tiles; top chimney at front; carved owl board at rear; gutters on brackets; ornamental wall anchors. In the front facade (south-east) from left to right: four six-pane sash windows and two milk-cellar windows with wooden shutters; above a datestone with inscription: The first stone laid by Jantje Pieters Miedema on 7 April 1855. In the slightly projected left side facade (south-west) from front to rear: (renewed) entrance arrangement, well, eight light-arched six-pane windows. In the right side facade (north-east) from front to rear: two milk-cellar windows with wooden shutters and five-pane fanlights, pump, nine-pane window, two doors, recumbent ten-pane window, light-arched four-pane window. In the rear facade (north-west) from left to right: arched six-pane window, double closed carriage doors with half-door, semicircular six-pane window, three light-arched six-pane windows, door and six-pane window. INTERIOR RESIDENTIAL SECTION. The layout and interior of the residential section are largely still in original condition. The passage between residential and business sections and the floors of the living rooms consist of wide boards. The front room on the left still has the original beam ceiling, the cupboard and box-bed wall in wood imitation (restored in 1994) and the wooden chimney mantel with marble imitation and (on canvas) painted chimney piece (village scene) in wooden frame. The front room on the right also still has the original beam ceiling and the cupboard and box-bed wall in wood imitation (restored in 1994), as well as a chimney mantel with wooden breast and chimney piece (landscape with cattle and water on paper). The wooden door beside this room gives access to the kitchen with among other things the original doors, ceilings and wall cupboard. Via the door on the right in the kitchen the milk cellar (with original tiling) is accessible. INTERIOR BUSINESS SECTION: The layout and interior of the business section are likewise largely still in original condition. Of importance are among other things the structure (three tie-beam roof trusses), the manure channel (originally double, now single), the horse stall and the storage bay.

Valuation

Stelp-farmhouse of general importance:

- as a distinctive expression of a typological development;

- for the history of architecture in the Frisian countryside;

- as an example of a sober but carefully designed Frisian stelp;

- by virtue of the aesthetic quality of the design;

- by virtue of the use of materials;

- by virtue of the special coherence between exterior and interior;

- by virtue of the location connected with the history of the region;

- for the character of the region and the village;

- by virtue of the historic-spatial relationship with the soil conditions;

- in relation to the structural and visual integrity of the village and landscape surroundings;

- as a rare example of a still-in-use traditional Frisian farm business from the second half of the 19th century.