Uiversnest

English translation

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Description

Description

The FARMHOUSE is built on a T-shaped ground plan. The front house has two storeys under a hipped roof covered with reed. On the ridge stand two brick chimneys. The rear house has one storey under a gabled roof with half-hipped end above the rear facade. The upper part of the roof surface is covered with reed, the lower part with red, improved Dutch tiles. The facades are built in brick. The brickwork is executed in English bond. Along the front house runs a plastered plinth all around.

The FRONT FACADE is asymmetrically arranged and five window bays wide. To the right of centre is a richly detailed panelled door with two door grilles. The fanlight shows an image of a stork, referring to the name of the farmhouse. To the right of the entrance is a 6-pane sash window, to the left of the door are three 6-pane sash windows. The windows have a sandstone drip moulding and are provided with wooden, clamped shutters. The door and the windows are placed under a lintel. Below the left window, just above ground level, is a cellar light. The first storey contains three 2-pane windows, provided with a wooden drip moulding and placed under a lintel.

The LEFT SIDE FACADE of the front house contains on the ground floor a 6-pane sash window with sandstone underdorpel and is provided with shutters. To the left of it is a smaller window. The first storey contains two 2-pane windows with a wooden drip moulding. The windows are placed under a lintel. In the left side facade of the rear house are modified, concrete stable windows. The facade surface is terminated with a projecting brick cornice.

The REAR FACADE is traditionally arranged with in the centre of the ground floor the double, wooden, segmental arch split door flanked by a round arch cast-iron window with glazing bars. At the far left and right of the facade surface is a wooden clamped, segmental arch manure door. Above the split doors a segmental arch wooden, clamped hay door is fitted. The facade surface is finished under the eaves with a brick dentil cornice.

The RIGHT SIDE FACADE of the front house contains on the ground floor two 6-pane sash windows with sandstone underdorpel. The windows are provided with shutters. On the first storey are two 2-pane windows with a wooden drip moulding. The windows are placed under a lintel. The right side facade of the rear house contains five arched, 6-pane stable windows. These windows are newly fitted. The facade surface is terminated with a brick cornice.

The garden on the street side is enclosed by a richly detailed iron GATE on a brick base. The double wrought-iron entrance gate contains in cut-out panels the text "Uiversnest".

Valuation

T-FARMHOUSE with GATE.

- Of architectural-historical value as a good and well-preserved example of a T-farmhouse from the mid-19th century, which stands out for its aesthetic qualities, sound proportions and particular detailing in design and material use. The object has ensemble value together with the large barns and the bakehouse.

- Of urban planning value as part of the historically developed buildings on the Van Heemstraweg. The farmhouse is prominently situated, parallel to the road and plays a key role in its appearance. The farmhouse forms with the remaining outbuildings (bakehouse and barns), planting (garden and old trees) and wrought-iron gate a well-preserved and very characteristic ensemble.

- Of cultural-historical value because of its appearance and use as a farmhouse; the complex is significant for the development history of agricultural architecture in the municipality of Druten.