Complex Antonius van Padua (Korvel)

English translation

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Description

Introduction

The PARSONAGE was built in 1904 and displays Neo-Renaissance influences. During the construction of the church in 1923, a loggia was built against the right side gable, in which three statues from the previous church were placed. The building was internally renovated around 1980, with rooms on the storey being subdivided in particular. The building serves as accommodation for retired clergy.

Description

The two-storey building has an almost rectangular floor plan and a mansard roof covered with slates in Dutch bond. The facades are constructed from machine-made brickwork and are articulated by brick pilasters at the corners and the entrance. Plinth, string courses, sills and keystones are executed in ashlar. The arches and brick mosaic feature an alternation of red and yellow brickwork. The walls are further enlivened by curled wrought-iron ornamental wall anchors. The building has a risalit on the left with a stepped gable and a half-brick risalit at the entrance with a stepped gable. The left risalit has two coupled sash windows. These windows have a six-paned arrangement with eight glazing bars to the fanlight. The ground floor windows are closed by a segmental arch with brick mosaic, which on the first floor are closed by a herringbone arch. In the right gable of the risalit there is also a window. The straight section with entrance comprises four bays. In the second from the left there is a porch with double doors. The upper part of the arched porch is filled by a lintel with two arched openings above. The varnished doors are fitted with diamond heads, cushions and ornamental grilles. The fanlight is fitted with leaded glass. The frieze features ornamental brickwork including a double dentil course. The gutter rail is interrupted by both stepped gables. The small stepped gable of the left risalit has a round-arched window between the ornamental brickwork. In the stepped gable above the entrance bay there is a window under a segmental arch. Both stepped gables are crowned by a wrought-iron finial.

The left side gable contains two windows on the ground floor and the storey. In the kitchen extension a panelled door has been placed. A gate closes off the rear courtyard of the parsonage. The right side gable adjoins the church. On the left there is a four-paned sash window. The wall is otherwise almost entirely enclosed by the construction of a short colonnade with statues belonging to the church. This loggia with round-arched passages rests on square pillars and is fitted with vertical ornamental brickwork. In the arches stand three white stone statues of saints which come from the Waterstaatskerk, the predecessor of the present church from 1923.

Behind the front door is the draught vestibule. Double doors with ornamental glass give access to the corridor beyond. The glass of the doors and the fanlight features arabesques, fruit bowls and swags with grapes and flowers. At the end of the corridor is a vestibule with an identical set of doors. Against the ceiling of the hall is a round stucco rosette in the form of a wreath with ribbons. To the left of the draught vestibule is a side corridor. To the right are the access doors to the bedroom-suite with a conservatory behind it. The original passage to the church which was here has been blocked in. All interior doors are fitted with cushions and restrained carving. In both the front and rear room there is a chimney-piece. In both cases this is a Neo-classical chimney-piece of black marble with green marble decorative blocks. In the chimney-piece are set glazed blue and white Neo-Renaissance tiles; in front of the chimney-piece lie matt hexagonal tiles. Above the lowered ceiling are substantially dimensioned round stucco rosettes. Running parallel to the side corridor is the flight of stairs. This is executed in dark oak. The main baluster with square base features Flemish Neo-Renaissance roots and an ornamental knob. The wooden balusters have a vase form. Under the stairs is access to the cellar. In the side room to the left of the main entrance the chimney-piece has been removed.

Via a side corridor leading to the rear facade, the renovated kitchen is accessible.

The layout of the storey corresponds to that of the ground floor, although the originally large rooms have been mostly divided into smaller spaces.

The richly executed decoration of the staircase is maintained up to and including the attic storey. The staircase is here lit from above by a skylight with ornamental muslin glass. The attic is a large undivided space with a mansard roof of pine wood. The garden of the building is screened by richly ornamental cast-iron fencing on an ashlar base, featuring among other things twisted bars, spirals and scrolls.

Valuation

The parsonage is of general interest. The building has cultural-historical value as an example of the development of Catholicism and the construction or reconstruction of ecclesiastical complexes within the existing older urban structure. It has architectural-historical value because of the style and ornamentation of the interior and exterior. The complex has ensemble value because of its setting, connected to the development of the district. The complex is valuable because of the intactness of the interior and exterior and in relation to the structural and visual intactness of the urban surroundings, in particular the Korvelplein. The parsonage has been well preserved.