Boerderij(M1), Provincialeweg 89

English translation

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Description

Introduction.

In the southwestern part of a large rectangular plot on the Provincialeweg in Oosterhout is situated the former FARMHOUSE annexed BREWERY of the Smits family. The building dates from approximately 1865 and is constructed in a craftsman-traditional building style. It is currently used as a farmhouse.

The plot forms part of a strip landscape on the north side of the Provincialeweg, with long, narrow plots along which deep, long ditches run to drain water. The earth was used to raise the plots. On the plots, the objects situated on the Provincialeweg form an open linear settlement. On the northwest side a stable extension from the nineteen-sixties and on the northeast side a new roof dormer and roof window from the nineteen-nineties. The interior of the building is lightly modernised. The ornamental garden to the front was redesigned in 1991.

The detached barns on the plot fall outside national monument protection.

Description.

The former farmhouse/brewery is situated on an artificial elevation at some distance from the Provincialeweg. The building, constructed largely in hand-formed brick in stretcher bond, has a cross-shaped plan. In the angle on the northwest side a single-storey extension under a pentice roof from the nineteen-sixties connecting internally with the stable situated at the rear. Before the southern gable end a small step. Before the eastern gable end a stone paving.

The building is partially cellared and has above ground one storey with a roof space under a roof of muted old-Dutch roof tiles, consisting of adjoining hipped roofs with three chimneys at the ridge ends and overhanging, moulded gutters at the foot of the roof on the front side. By employing a cross-shaped plan, which is fairly rare for these regions, considerable attic space was obtained, which was necessary for drying the brewing barley alongside the storage of hay and straw. The symmetrical, three-bay-wide gable end of the southern cross-arm contains the main entrance. Secondary, arched front door with fanlight and arched six-pane sash windows on either side with shutter hooks and hardstone drip mouldings. Right and left side gable of the southern cross-arm with (partly in keeping) modified window openings. Eastern cross-arm with on the street side a glazed and barred panel door with divided fanlight under a roller bar and a window with detailing as aforementioned. Gable end with barred cellar lights. Rear gable with arched niche and new window frames under a roller bar.

Western cross-arm with on the street side a window as aforementioned. Blank gable end. Rear gable with stable extension. Relatively longer northern cross-arm with centrally in the gable end among others a wooden roller door above which a clamped double hoist shutter with round-arched four-pane fanlight. In the eastern side gable clamped doors and some stable windows. Relatively long wall anchors. Western side gable with stable extension. The interior layout has been reasonably well preserved: remarkable is the substantial, by party walls divided into four spaces attic. Double cellar, probably for the storage of brewing vats, under the eastern cross-arm with an adjoining room above. Living quarters in the southern cross-arm facing the Provincialeweg. Former scullery in the western cross-arm. Stable with central passage in the northern cross-arm. Main kitchen approximately at the intersection of the arms.

Of the interior are noteworthy among others: red floor tiles and arched vaults in the cellar; (salt) cupboards, tile wainscoting and remnants of mantelpiece shelf and hood in the kitchen; baking oven in the former scullery; front panel of former bed-alcoves in the living room and some original doors with oval wooden handles in various rooms.

Valuation.

The former farmhouse annexed brewery is of general importance. The object possesses cultural-historical values. It is of importance as a distinctive expression of the socio-economic developments in Brabant in the second half of the nineteenth century. As a small-scale home brewery it is of importance for the typological development of brewery buildings. The object possesses ensemble value. It is of importance as a distinctive element of the historically developed open linear settlement in the strip landscape on the north side of the Provincialeweg. The object is further of importance because of the recognisably preserved main form and the preserved elements of the interior. It possesses rarity value because of the applied plan.