Boerderij(M1), Korn 12

English translation

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Description

Introduction

SHORT-GABLE FARMHOUSE WITH CROSS-WING, located on the east side of the Kornse dijk, outside the built-up area of Dussen, in the hamlet of Korn. The farmhouse in artisanal-traditional style dates, as indicated by the inscription on the front facade, from 1880 but may have an older core. In the left side gable a construction seam is visible which indicates an extension of the building towards the south side.

The farmhouse may be termed typical of the western part of the river region and in particular the Land of Altena, characterized by the symmetrically arranged front facade (gable end), the gabled roof with small half-hipped roof above the gable ends and the cross-wing arrangement with half-doors in one of the side gables. Very characteristic of the older examples of this type is the reed-thatched business section. The building has not undergone any major alterations. Various shutters have been lost.

Description

Short-gable farmhouse with cross-wing with rectangular floor plan, one complete storey, in the residential section a partly roof-incorporated second storey and an attic storey. The building has a gabled roof with short half-hipped roofs above the gable ends, covered with reed and provided with fired ridge tiles on the ridge. Furthermore a brick chimney. The facades of the residential section are laid in brick in English bond and as regards the front facade plastered in block bond. Plastered plinths. The facades of the business section are entirely reed-thatched and partly provided with a mortared plinth. The front facade is three bays wide and symmetrical in arrangement. The centre axis contains the main entrance, provided with a simple panelled door and a single-rut fanlight. On either side is a window with frame with shutter groove and six-rut sash window. On the storey above are two windows with four-rut sash windows. In the middle above the windows a wrought-iron anchor with the building year 1880. The attic storey contains an oculus window with a cast-iron frame.

The left side gable facing the street has in the right section a high-placed frame with wooden hinged shutter. Below this on the left a window with six-rut sash window. This brick facade section is provided with strikingly large anchors and has a construction seam between the mentioned facade openings. In the reed-thatched facade section there is on the far left a double wooden hinged half-door. To the right of this a hay door hinged below the roof edge.

Valuation

The object is of general importance. It has cultural-historical importance as a reminder of the socio-economic development of agriculture in North Brabant. It has architectural-historical value as a good and reasonably intact example of a medium-sized short-gable farmhouse with cross-wing, of a regional farmhouse type characteristic of the Land of Altena in the 18th and 19th centuries, characterized by the front house with symmetrically arranged front facade, the gabled roof with small half-hipped roof above the gable ends and the cross-wing arrangement with half-doors in one of the side gables. The construction seam in the left side gable points to a later extension which suggests that the building is older than 1880 as indicated on the front facade. The reed-thatched business section is characteristic and nowadays fairly rare. Also of importance is the historical plaster layer with block motif. It has ensemble values as a characteristic component of the historical built environment situated along the Kornse dijk.