Leerlooierij, Goedentijd 12

English translation

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Description

Introduction.

On the eastern side of Goedentijd stands the TANNERY with an adjoining DWELLING HOUSE, forming part of the linear built-up structure. The tannery and the dwelling house were built around 1875 in Artisanal-Traditional style. The dwelling house was provided with a new front facade in or shortly after 1945, due to war damage. The layout of the street facade of the tannery was also partly altered at that time. In both cases, old window frames were reinstated.

The tannery has not been in use as such since around 1950 and currently functions as storage and warehouse. The building has undergone only minor alterations. However, the appearance of the ventilation shutters on the street side has changed, as asphalt paper has been nailed against them. This is the last two-storey tannery in the municipality.

Description.

The object has a roughly rectangular ground plan with a street facade of the dwelling house projecting approximately one metre beyond the building line, comprises one storey (dwelling house) and two storeys (tannery) plus roof space and is covered by a gabled roof, tiled with old Dutch tiles. The dwelling house is situated in the southern part of the object. The side and rear facades are built in handmade brick. The front facade, renewed in machine-made brick, has a symmetrical layout with a panelled door with fanlight, flanked on both sides by a sash window. The southern facade is fitted with latticework and since the closing of two small lights is entirely blind. The interior still has the original layout with a central corridor, with two rooms on either side. The hall is fitted with a decorative cement tile floor and reinstated panelled doors. The tannery is built in handmade brick and has a brick wet-house, where on the street side from left to right there are three arched four-light wooden windows, a door with four-light light, and a six-light window, the latter two from around 1925. The plinth is partly cemented. The drying house is located on the first floor. Both the street and rear facades consist mainly of rows of ventilation shutters, although those on the street side are partly obscured by a layer of asphalt paper. The northern side facade is built entirely in brick. On the ground floor a hinged door has been fitted, flanked by two windows. On the first floor and the roof space both a hinged opening loading shutter under a brick relieving arch. The lower one is flanked by two four-light arched windows; the upper one by two arched lights. The facade is fitted with various heavy wrought iron wall anchors and is entirely overgrown with ivy. In the interior of the tannery no original inventory items remain. On the beams of the beam layer the names "A. Baeten" and "V. Baeten" are painted. The roof truss structure is equipped with oak posts and pine roof beams and purlins. Between the dwelling house and the wet-house is located the former leather workshop, fitted with a hinged door with a cast-iron door knob.

Valuation.

The tannery is of general interest. It has cultural-historical value as an expression of socio-economic development and is also a good and recognizable example of the technical and typological development of high-rise structures for the leather industry. The building has architectural-historical values; it is important due to the distinctive use of materials and the coherence of the exterior and interior; ensemble values. It has been preserved in good condition.