Soldatenbarak, Allee 11

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Wooden RECREATION HALL located on the Staverden estate. The wooden barrack originated from the Belgian internment camp at Harderwijk. In 1921 the barrack was rebuilt on the Staverden estate on the orders of H. 's Jacob by carpenter G. PLANCIUS and was converted into a recreation hall for recreational gatherings of the local population. The theatre stage dates from this period, as does the peacock wallpaper, which with its peacock motif refers to the Staverden estate.

The 718 hectare Staverden estate extends over three municipalities: Ermelo, Nunspeet and Apeldoorn. At the centre stands a country house, 'Kasteel Staverden'. In 1835 Jan Rudolf Kemper purchased the estate. He demolished the 17th-century house and built a new house on the existing ground plan. In 1905 it came into the hands of ir F.B. 's Jacob, mayor of Rotterdam. He had the country house renovated and enlarged by the architectural firm L.A. van Essen & J. van Zeggeren from Harderwijk. In that year the country house received its present appearance. His son, Herman Th. 's Jacob, expanded the estate northwards. Running across this northern part of the estate is the unmade Allee, near a peat area reclaimed around 1911. In the vicinity of the recreation hall are also a number of labourers' cottages, the farm Frederik Bernardhoeve and the wooden country house 'De Witte Pauwen', all built between 1910 and 1915.

Description

The detached RECREATION HALL is built on a cruciform ground plan and consists of wooden facades with vertical planking on a lime-rendered stone base. The building has one storey and on the main section a gabled roof covered with red tuiles du Nord tiles, furnished with profiled wooden wind-braces in a green-red paint scheme. Both three-sided enclosed 'transepts' each have a three-sided hipped roof. These roofs have a lower ridge. A gutter runs all around. The front of the building has a lower portico, whose gabled roof is covered with red Mulden tiles. On the ridge of the gabled roof of the hall section there is a bell-cote, containing a small bell. This bell-cote consists of four corner posts, crowned with a running cornice and a domed roof. Between the posts there is a round-arched cut-out infill.

The FRONT FACADE has a portico projection with on each of the side facades a narrow ten-paned wooden window. The front has a double opening door with an identical ten-paned window on each side. Above the double door there is a hexagonal lantern with glass infill. This lantern illuminates both the outside and inside of the portico. Above the lantern a board with the text 'ontspanningszaal' is mounted. The entrance to the hall is likewise provided with a double door. The gable-end of the portico projection is furnished with overlaid wooden parts with a triangular termination at the bottom. The LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE FACADES have in the hall section on each side of the transept connections a double sixteen-paned window with shutters. The transepts themselves each have five, nearly square, six-paned windows. At the far right (respectively left) the side facades have another shuttered window for lighting the rear of the theatre stage. Against part of the right transept there is a brick basin and drainage channel. Against the right side facade to the right of the transept a canopy on posts is placed. The BACK FACADE has a single door with a two-paned window and a brick step in the middle. The gable-end consists of an overlaid layer of vertical planking with a triangular termination at the bottom. The INTERIOR of the hall is scarcely altered and is notable for the still original scrollwork painting in red and green, directly below the ceiling. The scrollwork painting runs all around and is also found around the round iron ventilation grilles in the flat, slightly bent, ceiling. The original tile floor in the hall and in the transepts (kitchen and vestibule with toilets) has been preserved. On the stage there are still original well-preserved wallpaper remnants with peacocks and leaf motifs. Above a former fireplace there is a tile tableau with the text "Homage to the Founder of this Building/The population/of Staverden/13 April 1921".

Valuation

Former BARRACK from the period 1914-1918, rebuilt in Staverden in 1921 as a RECREATION HALL

- Of architectural-historical value as an intact and good example of a wooden building from the beginning of the twentieth century, which was originally built in Harderwijk as a barrack and was transported to Ermelo in 1921. As a wooden recreation building it now forms a unique object with well-preserved interior and exterior. The building is notable for aesthetic qualities, such as good proportions, and special detailing in its design and material use. Particularly notable in the interior are the still present scrollwork painting and the remnants of the peacock wallpaper.

- Of urban planning value because of its location on the extensive Staverden estate, where it forms a characteristic component of the northern part of the estate, which was reclaimed from 1911 onwards and where, along the Allee, besides a farm a number of labourers' cottages and a wooden country house were built. The barrack forms here an important element in the preservation of the original character of the area.

- Of cultural-historical value because of the purpose and setting connected with the history of the Staverden estate. The peacock motif appearing in the interior decoration refers to the estate. The new and the original function of the building give the object a culturally valuable character.