Klooster, kloosteronderdl, Basilius van Bruggelaan 2

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Against the eastern facade of wing (1), between 1901-'03 a cellar-level CONVENT WING was built, to a design by J. Kayser from Maastricht. The elongated building is executed in sober Neogothic style. It contained on the ground floor the new laundry, and the kitchen and on the upper storey the library and various cells. The novitiate was housed in the building. On 19 September 1901 the work began. On 25 June 1903 the building was consecrated.

Description

The wing has a rectangular plan and comprises three storeys. The building is covered by a hipped roof with curved tiles and zinc hips. The brick front and rear facades each have eight window bays and are closed by a double dentil course with mouse-tooth course. On the first floor T-sash windows with divided fanlight have been applied, on the second floor T-casement windows. All windows have segmental arch lintels. Against the rear facade a three-storey, brick tower is placed, with a square plan and a pyramidal roof with slate in Dutch bond. In the tower privies are housed. The eastern facade has one window bay, whilst the western adjoins the stairwell of wing (1).

Of importance are the panel shutters on the inside of the windows and the simple stucco ceilings. On the ground floor the corridor runs against the rear facade, while on the upper storey the corridor is in the middle, between the cells. The greater part of the building is cellared. Under the western section of the wing lie eight cellar rooms, covered with barrel vaults.

Valuation

The convent wing is of general importance. The building has cultural-historical value as an example of spiritual development, namely the flourishing of religious orders and congregations in the nineteenth century and is also of importance as an example of the typological development of the contemplative convent.

It is of architectural-historical importance because of the style and the particular use of materials; it is also of importance because of its place in the work of the architect Kayser. It has ensemble values because of the coherence of convent, chapel, garden and farm buildings. It is also of importance in relation to the integrity of the surroundings, where the previously protected Capuchin convent is also located.