Korenmolen, Molensteeg bij 10

English translation

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Description

Description of complex component 2: barn

BARN, built in 1913 as storage and mill for grinding and belonging to the protected corn mill 'de Zwaluw'. The barn, which was originally thatched with reed, was extended on the north-east side in the 1960s and provided with blue pantiles and corrugated sheets. Building on rectangular floor plan, constructed of red brick and covered by a gabled roof extending to one side, tiled with blue pantiles and corrugated sheets (originally reed); wind braces; lightly arched iron six-pane windows; double doors in front and rear gable; likewise doors in front gable abutment. Authentic iron hinges and fastenings. INTERIOR. Sound wooden roof truss structure and wooden pulley construction, presumably part of the former mill for grinding.

Valuation

BARN is of general importance:

- by reason of its age;

- by reason of its origin and use history;

- by reason of its industrial-archaeological value;

- by reason of the roof truss and pulley construction;

- by reason of the functional and visual relationship with the mill from 1837;

- by reason of its location on terrain partly bordered by hedges;

- by reason of its striking location in open countryside.