Den Bramel

English translation

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Description

Description

DEN BRAMEL. 17th-century house, built partly on the cellars of an older predecessor; remodelled and extended in 1825 and in the years after 1863. Building of brick construction on a U-shaped plan with small wings on the northeast and northwest sides. The main block is covered by a surrounding hipped roof with box gutter and corner chimneys with caps, the northwest wing by a hipped roof abutting the main block with chimney, the northeast wing by a gabled roof between stepped gables. All roof planes are tiled with slate. Dormer with dome-shaped crown containing bell and inscription 'Soli Deo Gloria 1735'. The front facade has a projecting entrance section in neo-gothic style. Pointed-arch-shaped entrance with balcony above. Behind it the 17th-century entrance flanked by sandstone Ionic columns on high basement with diamond-head ornament. Above it a superstructure with window. Storey window with pointed-arch frieze, above it a compressed spire with weather vane. Clock face with the inscription 'Hof toe Bramel'. Below the clock face a stone with the alliance coat of arms Storm van 's-Gravesande - Van Heeckeren. The symmetrically arranged front facade is provided with six-paned sash windows with shutters and two cellar entrances with oval fanlight. Moulded brick cornice below the roof gutter. Two roof dormers with gabled roof. The right side facade has a projecting section in which the latrines are accommodated, originally with direct access to the moat. Six-paned sash windows with shutters and oval cellar fanlights. Two roof dormers with small gabled roof. The northeast wing built in neo-renaissance style with stepped gable, cross windows with lower shutters and round-arch entrance door all under round-arch spans with natural stone setting and closing stones. Wall anchors (ornamental). The left side facade has cellar fanlights and windows as on the right. The rear facade of the main block with glazed-bar window. That of the northwest wing with windows and cellar fanlight as elsewhere; against this wing an extension with latrines; the rear facade of the northeast wing in neo-renaissance style with cross window and half cross windows on the storey, all under round-arch span with natural stone setting and closing stones. The kitchen is located here. Between the two wings a small courtyard with well, originally accessible from the kitchen.

In the interior cellars under the entire main block, with cross vaults with broad ribs under the western section and with barrel vaults under the vestibule and the eastern section. In the western cellar a stone filter that served to filter iron-bearing water. One of the central cellars served as a pigsty. On the ground floor a wide corridor over the full depth of the house between the two projecting rear wings. Ceiling with composite beam layer with substantial 17th-century consoles. In the beam layer a pulley system with hoist. The doors opening onto the corridor with neo-renaissance surrounds. The west side is occupied by two rooms en suite with stencil paintings between 17th-century beams. In front is a salon with neo-renaissance wood panelling. Rear salon with large copper electric chandelier. On the right side (east) a gentleman's room with fireplace, oak floor and a chandelier of antlers. In the neo-renaissance rear extension on the ground floor the kitchen and a billiard room on the storey. The staircase upward is located on the right side (east) of the vestibule and was relocated during one of the 19th-century renovations. For this reason part of the 17th-century beam layer was sawn off. On the storey rooms with 17th-century beam layer and consoles as below. The upper storey is lockable by a door and iron rod. Also heavy beam layers with consoles as below. On the storey a pulley to haul grain sacks up through the hatch in the beam layer of the ground floor corridor. In the attic there is a large grain chest and a maid's room is fitted out. Lower section of the roof truss structure from the 17th century. Upper section from 1854. Clock mechanism from 1735, but originating from elsewhere.

Valuation

HOUSE DEN BRAMEL, belonging to the historic country estate Den Bramel, of general architectural-historical, cultural-historical and architectural merit:

- on account of its age

- on account of the well-preserved 17th-century elements such as brickwork, cellars and beam layers with consoles

- on account of the 19th-century additions such as entrance portico and kitchen extension

- on account of the outstandingly well-preserved original structure

- on account of the specifically named interior components