Tuin, park en plantsoen, Nieuw-Loosdrechtsedijk bij 150

English translation

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Description

Van Sypesteyn assembled a collection of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century gates at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century: a. on the east side of the forecourt stands a WOODEN GATE between brick piers. This gate was reconstructed at the beginning of the twentieth century after a gate that was made in 1665 on the instructions of C.A. van Sypesteyn. The reconstructed gate contains two original Bentheim sandstone coats of arms of the patron and his wife Maria van der Horn. b. on the north and south sides of the castle garden stand two identical seventeenth-century WROUGHT-IRON GATES between masonry piers standing on a natural stone base and topped by pinnacles of Baumberger limestone. The single-spear gate with arrowheads is decorated with curled leaves and has three forged rosettes on the middle cross-member. c. on either side of the castle garden at the berceaus stand two identical eighteenth-century WROUGHT-IRON GATES constructed entirely of scrolls and volutes within a rectangular frame. These single gates form the entrance to the (now vanished) apple and pear berceau. d. between the castle island and the park standing on a masonry arch bridge stands the so-called HOEKENBURCH GATE from c.1700, which comes from the country estate Hoekenburg at Voorburg and was purchased in 1911. The iron spear gate consists of double swing wings between uprights and tapering side wings. The gate has ornamental spear points, a volute-shaped upper rail and intermediate spears that extend to the second rail. e. between the park and the orchard stands a single SWING GATE with side sections standing on low masonry walls. The gate has spear points and within a rectangular frame delicate scrollwork with flowers. f. a transverse axis of the lime-tree avenue is closed at either end by two identical so-called 'bedstead gates' (presumably eighteenth-century). The two rectangular-set gates have scroll and leaf motifs within a rectangular frame. The bands with the name Sypesteyn were applied later. g. at the end of the lime-tree avenue stands a monumental presumably eighteenth-century GATE originating from a country estate at Lent (near Nijmegen) and purchased in 1901. The richly decorated wrought-iron gate has centrally double gate wings under an arch decorated with leaves and a crown with side sections on either side also under a smaller arch. The termination of the spears is formed by upward-pointing flower calyces and spear points. The gate is situated between two masonry piers topped by sandstone vases.

Valuation

The COLLECTION OF GATES is of general importance:

- because of its age;

- as an example of a collection assembled by the owner;

- because of its decorative design;

- because of its ornamental value;

- as a characteristic and functional component of the country estate;

- because of its ensemble value.