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Description

Description of complex component 1

A BOARDING SCHOOL situated at the corner of Prins Clausstraat and Prins Hendriklaan on a T-shaped floor plan. The building consists of a main volume of two storeys, with two single-storey volumes adjoining it on the Prins Clausstraat side. The building has a hipped roof covered with red tuile du Nord tiles, composed of multiple pitches with different gutter and ridge heights. The roof pitches are interrupted in various places with Flemish gables under steeked gables. The apex gables are accentuated with simple timber-framing. The overhanging rainwater gutter is supported by moulded brackets. The facades, constructed in red brickwork (stretcher bond), are provided mainly with two-light windows with or without fanlights. A number of windows have arched relieving arches with natural stone voussoirs. The stretches are likewise provided with natural stone voussoirs. The front facade (south) has an almost symmetrical layout and is nine window-axes wide. The facade has a slightly projecting central section of two storeys and five window-axes wide. The risalit has large arched window frames in the first storey, in which double doors are set. At the far left of the risalit is the main entrance with a semicircular fanlight. Below the first-floor windows, recessed into the facade, is a brick tableau of white brickwork with the following text in dark-grey bricks: CHR SCHOOL VOOR SCHIPPERSKINDEREN. On either side of the tableau is a natural stone facade stone set with 'ANNO' on the left and '1915' on the right. Above the tableau is a drip moulding. Above this are two four-light windows, in which the side lights are separated from the two-light window in the centre by narrow brick mullions. Above the two-light window is a relieving arch. The risalit is terminated with two Flemish gables. On either side of the risalit is a building volume of one storey, two window-axes wide. These building volumes likewise have two Flemish gables. The rear facade has a symmetrical layout of four axes wide. The first storey is plastered and has a blind window at either end. The facade is terminated with four Flemish gables. The left side facade (west) has a flat facade on the left, in which two three-light windows with mullions are set on the ground floor. In the second storey are four two-light windows. The central part of the facade has three storeys. In the third storey are two two-light windows without fanlights. To the right, the facade recesses to the width of one window-axis. Here is a side entrance. To the right of the entrance is a building volume of one storey with large projection. This building volume closes off the left side in the front facade. The right side facade has, as regards its main layout, the same arrangement as the left side facade. To the left of the recessed side entrance is a building section (stairwell) of three storeys with a chamfered facade plane. The interior is of no significance due to the change of use.

Valuation of complex component 1

The boarding school is of general interest because of its cultural-historical value as part of the history of Dutch inland navigation. It is also of general architectural-historical value as a rare example of a boatmen's boarding school and has ensemble value in relation to the director's house and visual significance because of its characteristic location near the Merwedekanaal and the Vaartse Rijn.