Klooster, Oude Markt bij 23 A Sittard (Sittard-Geleen 31)

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Southwesterly EXTENSION of the St. Aloysius College, 1880, in traditional style. Realised on a basement (fourth quarter seventeenth century) and on the north and west sides making use of medieval wall remains. The extension was raised by one storey in 1934. This extension closes off the inner courtyard on the Oude Markt side between the basilica, Huis op de Berg, the residences of the Ursuline sisters and St. Aloysius College. Between the basilica and the extension a narrow passage has been left clear.

Description

Monastery extension on an irregularly shaped, fundamentally rectangular GROUND PLAN. Basement storey and three STOREYS under a flat roof. The FLAT ROOF has a gutter moulding all around. The extension is built of brick. The first and second storeys are laid in English bond and fitted with stone window sills. The third storey, separated from the other storeys by a heavy concrete moulding running all around, is laid in half-brick bond and fitted with brick sills. Anchors in the beam layer of the first and second storey.

The SOUTH FACADE on the Oude Markt side is fitted in the plinth, below the right window axis, with a basement hatch. This forms the only access to the basement. The south facade is fitted with three regularly spaced window axes across the facade. In the first storey, under a segmental arch springing, three segmental arch wooden T-windows with six-pane glazing division. In the second storey, under a segmental arch springing, three segmental arch wooden cross windows with horizontal glazing division. In the third storey, under a roll moulding, three rectangular wooden T-windows with a vertically divided fanlight.

The WEST FACADE, at the narrow passage on the basilica side, is completely blank with the exception of two rectangular wooden windows in the third storey.

The NORTH FACADE on the courtyard side is partly obscured by several extensions of varying height against the rear facade of St. Aloysius College. In the second storey, high below the concrete moulding, two rectangular, vertically divided wooden windows are visible. In the third storey, high below the gutter moulding, three narrow rectangular wooden windows with vertical division.

In the EAST FACADE one window axis has been partly left open. In the second storey a segmental arch wooden cross window with horizontally divided glazing; in the third storey a rectangular wooden T-window with vertically divided fanlight.

The basement storey (fourth quarter seventeenth century) has outer walls in marl and brick. Brick trough vaults on iron I-beams. A small basement section is supported by brick columns; a second section has been renewed as a concrete floor.

Valuation

This monastery extension from 1880 represents a matter of general interest. The monastery extension is of value as a particular expression of a building and cultural-historical development. The architectural-historical values of this monastery component are also principally determined by the building history of the constituent parts. This building volume is situated in the protected townscape Sittard, of importance for the appearance of the urban district around the Oude Markt and connected with the development of the historic inner city.