Bijgebouwen kastelen enz., Meerssenhoven bij 200

English translation

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Description

Description

GATEHOUSE WITH WALLS. In line with the house stands an eighteenth-century pavilion, presumably designed by Soiron. The building built on a square plan of brick and marl is crowned by a bell gable covered with slate and furnished with a weathervane. The circular arch gate has on the front side a sandstone framing of blockwork and on the courtyard side a marl stone framing; above it a dove cote with two flight holes. In the passage a beam ceiling and in the side walls a segmental arch door in sandstone framing. Between the gatehouse and the building houses at the front courtyard stands a double whitewashed and mortared wall to enclose the front courtyard; at the beginning of the twentieth century the wall on the road side was reduced to its current height, several passages in the wall on the courtyard side. The garages behind the walls are of secondary importance for preservation.

Valuation

GATEHOUSE WITH WALLS is of general importance:

- because of its age;

- because of its architectural design;

- as a monumental entrance to the country estate;

- because of the functional-spatial relationship with the other components of the country estate.