Kerk, Staverdenseweg 299

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Small DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH BUILDING of the hall church type from 1875, located opposite the former toll house at the western entrance of the Staverden estate. The small church is prominently situated at the corner of the Garderenseweg, the Staverdenseweg and the Jhr. Dr. C.J. Sandbergweg. It was founded in 1875, as a replacement for a wooden church building from 1866, by Jan Rudolf Kemper for the inhabitants of Staverden, Leuvenum and Speuld. In 1931 the church was renovated and the consistory room was added, according to the design of the architectural firm BRINKMAN and Van der VLUGT, who presumably also carried out the new interior of the church building (pew plan, pulpit, tile floor, wainscoting and lamps).

The 718 hectare Staverden estate extends over three municipalities: Ermelo, Nunspeet and Apeldoorn. At its centre stands the manor 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 manor house renovated and enlarged by the architectural firm L.A. van Essen & J. van Zeggeren from Harderwijk. In that year the manor house acquired its current appearance. His son, H. Th. 's Jacob, expanded the estate. The church is comparable to small civil engineering churches of this period and displays simple Neo-Gothic motifs. Various elements in the building refer to the connection with the estate, such as the pointed arch windows which are decorated with the stained glass family coats of arms, created in 1931, of the Duke of Gelre, De Groeff, Van Haersolte, Kemper, van Ittersum, and 's Jacob. As a motif connected with the estate, the peacock recurs in various buildings on the estate. In the church, on the inside of the entrance portal, there is a pointed arch-shaped passage with a moulded surround in which a stucco peacock motif is incorporated. Against the church building stands a simple iron railing.

Description

The CHURCH is of the hall church type and built on a rectangular ground plan, with a slightly narrower consistory room at the rear. The gables of the chapel are laid in stretcher bond and furnished with a gabled roof with lead covering. They end at the top with a moulded brick gutter on wooden corbels and a brick dog-tooth cornice. This gutter cornice is interrupted at the height of several brick pilasters which articulate the gable work vertically. The front of the chapel has a brick tower projection which is crowned with a small wooden tower with bell chamber and spire. The consistory room has a gabled roof with concealed Tuiles du Nord tiles.

The FRONT FAÇADE, with corner pilasters, is dominated by the centrally placed square tower. The tower has corner pilasters and is terminated with a brick rounded arch frieze above which is a dentil cornice. On the flat roof of the tower a square wooden superstructure with sound holes, crowned by an octagonal open-work spire with pointed arches. The walkway has a non-original balustrade. The tower contains, set within a pointed arch, the main entrance with wooden half-hipped door with ornamental ironwork and multi-pane fanlight. Above the entrance a natural stone plaque with the inscription 'Serve the LORD with gladness / For the LORD is good, His mer- / cy is everlasting, / and His faithfulness from / generation to generation. / Psalm C: vs 2 and 3'. To the left and right of the tower and in its side gables a blind pointed arch niche. The LEFT SIDE GABLE has three window bays, articulated by four stepped brick pilasters. The pointed arch-shaped windows are filled with leaded glass windows and have a pointed arch surround in brick and natural stone. The plinth is slightly projected and composed of harder brick. In the REAR GABLE of the nave are weavings and a brick thickening of unknown function. Against the gable stands a chimney. The RIGHT SIDE GABLE has a similar layout to the left side gable already described. The attached consistory room has a rectangular ground plan and a gabled roof with a wooden gutter on corbels. The gables are furnished with simple access doors and steel-framed windows. On the eastern roof slope is a roof dormer.

The INTERIOR of the small church is stuccoed and whitewashed and is furnished with a coffered barrel vault and wooden wainscoting. The church is entered via a tower portal, the entrance to the church is furnished with the surround with peacock motif mentioned in the introduction. The interior of the building with pews, pulpit, tile floor and organ with keyboard is from 1931 and presumably also designed by Brinkman and Van der Vlugt. The clock mechanism was renewed in 1996. The organ and organ case are not of value from the perspective of monument conservation.

Valuation

DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH BUILDING from 1875 with consistory room from 1931

- Of architectural-historical value as a fine and well-preserved example of a small reformed church building from the third quarter of the nineteenth century. The church stands out through aesthetic qualities, such as harmonious proportions and careful detailing in design and use of materials with sober Neo-Gothic elements. The church possesses a valuable interior from 1931, presumably carried out by Brinkman and Van der Vlugt.

- Of urban planning value as a characteristic component of the Staverden estate, where the chapel with the simple railing is very striking in its location at the corner of the Staverdenseweg, the Garderenseweg and the Jhr. Dr. C.J. Sandbergweg. Located opposite the former toll house and at the head of the Staverdenseweg which leads to the castle, this building forms a very characteristic element in this important area. The chapel is important for the preservation of a historically developed situation.

- Of cultural-historical value because of the function and location which connect the building to the history of the Staverden estate and to the ecclesiastical history of the area. The church is a fine example of a private church founded by a landowner for the benefit of the village community. The windows contain the stained glass family coats of arms of six families closely associated with the area. A second reference to the Staverden estate is the depiction of a peacock on the inside of the portal surround.