Kapel(F1), Langeweg bij 4

English translation

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Description

Introduction

A Roman Catholic CHAPEL built in 1867-1868 on the northwestern part of a Roman Catholic cemetery laid out in the same period, which falls outside national heritage protection. The chapel, which was not specifically built as a cemetery chapel, was founded in honour of the Martyrs of Gorcum and is characterized by an Eclectic architectural style with elements related to Neo-Gothic and Neo-Renaissance. Shortly after 1953 a sacristy was added to the chapel. The chapel possesses a sober interior that has been modified over time.

Description

The chapel is constructed in brick with elements in sandstone and has a gabled roof covered with Hollandse tiles with a wooden roof turret. The rectangular hall church has a rectangular entrance portico against the front and a five-sided apse under a hipped roof against the rear. The rectangular extension against the apse contains the sacristy added shortly after 1953. The front facade of the chapel is a pointed gable with a sandstone plinth, which is set between two corner pilasters and is articulated horizontally by a string course. The entrance portico has a double door under a round-arched fanlight with radial glazing bars. The front of the portico is largely of sandstone and is furnished with a keystone in the round arch and corner pilasters which carry a cornice with profiled upper edge. The articulation above the cornice is of brick, furnished with corner blocks and a cross of sandstone. The portico is crowned by a triangular pediment with brick in the tympanum. On either side of the portico there is a round-arched sandstone niche in the facade. The facade stones below these niches were originally furnished with inscriptions which are no longer legible due to weathering. The brick pilasters are accentuated by sandstone corner blocks and are terminated by flat coping stones. The gable top contains interlacing, a rose window and a profiled drip moulding. The facade is crowned by a cross. The side facades each contain three round-arched windows set between pilasters with simple leadlight in steel frames. These facades are enlivened at the top by built-up edges. The rear facade is a spout gable with interlacing, against which the apse stands. The apse walls are likewise enlivened at the top by built-up edges. The sacristy between the apse and the nave of the chapel stands under a flat roof. On the gabled roof, immediately behind the front facade, stands a rectangular roof turret with a bell. The roof turret has a zinc-clad base and a wooden superstructure with large sound holes. The spire is concavely vaulted and is crowned by a cast-iron cross.

The interior of the chapel is very sober. The entrance portico is separated from the prayer space by a wall with a double door under a round arch with radial glazing bars. Next to the door there is a small white marble stoup, which is probably older and from elsewhere. The white-plastered walls carry a wooden barrel vault articulated by ribs.

Valuation

The chapel is of general importance because of its cultural-historical and architectural-historical value.

- The chapel has cultural-historical value and typological value as a good example of a Roman Catholic chapel from the second half of the nineteenth century.

- The chapel is of architectural-historical importance because of the design characteristic of the building period, because of the distinctive detailing and use of materials and because of the coherence between interior and exterior.

- The chapel is also of importance because of the recognizability and the high degree of intactness of the exterior.