Bijgebouw, Makkenweg 1

English translation

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Description

Introduction

The castle grounds are divided into two approximately equal parts by the east-west oriented, remaining southern half of the former OUTER WARD of castle Makken. The single-storey outer ward under an elongated gabled roof is built in brick and has partially characteristic speckled courses in marl stone. The building probably dates in its core to the late fifteenth century and was rebuilt and extended around the middle of the seventeenth century. The drawings (1737-'39) by Jan de Beijer provide no clear picture of this part of the castle. The original functions of all parts of the outer ward are not known. It is possible that part of the stables was housed here, but the presence of seventeenth-century keystones, as well as the substantial chimney, point to a more representative function. The loft has been used for storage of goods from time immemorial, as evidenced by the formidable hoist wheel. Since the second half of the eighteenth century, the outer ward has been used exclusively for agricultural purposes. In the current situation, the presence of boxes, feed troughs and the like still point to this use.

Description

The outer ward has an elongated east-west oriented floor plan (approximately 40.5 x 8.3 metres), comprises one storey plus roof space and is covered by a gabled roof with old Dutch tiles. In fact, the building consists of two parts, varying in age. The eastern part, recognizable on the exterior by the speckled courses in the brickwork, probably dates from the late fifteenth (possibly early sixteenth) century and measures approximately 27.5 x 8.3 metres. Against the south-western corner stands a projecting tower (2.7 x 3.65 metres), which is cut off at the height of the roof tiles of the building (after 1751). This tower too, fitted with a brick spiral staircase with trough vaults, is provided with speckled courses like the outer facades. The former western end gable likewise has this ornamentation and is now hidden from view by the western extension (XVIIb-c). The facades are built in a substantial format cloister brick (27 x 6 x 13 cm). The speckled courses are partly in poor, eroded condition. The brickwork of the western end gable, later covered by the extension, is in very good condition. In the speckled courses are many inscriptions, mostly centuries old, with names carved. Particularly the 30.2 metre long southern outer facade, which like the other facades in cloister brick has a thickness of approximately 65 cm, presents the original, closed appearance. According to drawings (1737-'39) by Jan de Beijer, the eastern end gable had a stepped gable. The current top gable is crudely built in divergent, reused stone and probably dates from the second half of the nineteenth century. According to one of these drawings, at the location of the nineteenth-century partition wall now visible in the roof space there was an end gable projecting through the roof plane, which was also provided with a stepped gable. Against the western side, the building was extended around the middle of the seventeenth century (12.9 x 8.3 metres), using older bricks, which correspond in format to those in the older brickwork of the outer ward. The height of the facade, as well as the height and pitch of the roof, are adapted to the old measurements. The northern facade of this building section (on the side of the former courtyard) is provided with three carriage entrance doors. The presence of a hardstone column between two of the through-passage openings possibly points to the original situation of all openings. The poor condition of the remaining column will explain why the other, likewise overstressed columns were replaced by the current crudely built pillars (XIX?). In the southern rear facade of this part of the outer ward is the now-sealed arched carriage entrance to the former bridge over the moat situated there. The wall of the outer facade shows traces of the attachment mentioned in Jan de Beijer's drawing at this location. The facade visible in this drawing with inward and outward scrollwork has been, probably since the nineteenth century, replaced by a simple top gable in divergent stone. The roof structures date from the seventeenth century. Above the oldest part of the outer ward it consists of four oak rafters, composed of a collar tie with curved braces and corbels, on which rests a triangular rafter with rafter tie, whose crossed rafter legs support the ridge beam. The common rafters are numbered from east to west with the gouge (-.-..-...-....). Between this part and the tower (at the vanished through-projecting stepped gable) stand two pine rafters, possibly dating from the nineteenth century. It is possible that as a result of a fire, the tower spire and stepped gable, as well as this part of the older seventeenth-century roof structure, disappeared. The seventeenth-century western building section has retained its original roof structures (probably XVIIb-c). The three oak rafters have hacked carpenters' marks (I-II-III) and each consist of a collar tie with corbels, on which rests a collar tie post and braced ridge post. In the interior of the oldest part of the outer ward, a number of important elements are still maintained. First of all, the eastern three-quarters of this building section has retained a seventeenth-century beam floor with eight profiled keystones (with gouged St. Andrew's cross and grooved beads). Beside it, against the eastern end gable, is the remains of a built chimney breast. In the roof space, between the second and third rafter pair, there is a hoisting mechanism, fitted with a wooden hoist wheel.

Valuation

The object has architectural-historical values: it is important for the history of architecture and building technique; it is important because of the special use of materials; ensemble values: the object has special significance because of its location, connected with the development of the region; it is important because of the high quality of the built environment and the historic-spatial relationship with green spaces, roads, waters and soil conditions; rarity: the complex is partly important because of its architectural-historical and typological rarity.