Bijgebouwen, Delenseweg bij 85

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Building 18 stands detached with its greatest length running from northwest to southeast, parallel to the present Hoenderloseweg, immediately to the left of the main entrance to the Kop van Deelen site. It was realized in 1940 as a 'Sonderbau' and at macro level forms part of a large military airfield structure from the period 1940-1945. At meso level it is part of a sparse complex of buildings arranged in a village-like structure and at micro level of a loosely grouped cluster of accommodation associated with flight control. There has traditionally been unobstructed sight over the entire airfield. On both sides of the building lie mainly herringbone-patterned brick-laid open spaces, while the garden on the west side contains among other things a brick-built pond and a pedestal. Building 18 comprises two clearly distinguishable components: on the southeast side a relatively high main mass, in which the 'Horstfeuerwehr' or airfield fire service was housed, and to its left a clearly lower secondary mass, which contained offices. To the north of the building a kennels.

Description

Partially cellared, single-storey, with approximately 50 cm thick external brickwork, principally brick FIRE STATION / OFFICE on an asymmetrical T-shaped plan. Covered by a composite roof, consisting of a relatively high hipped roof with at both gable ends a raised eave above the fire station section - partly containing modern roof windows - and a curved gabled roof above the office section, with in both roof slopes elongated roof dormers with window stripe. All roof surfaces covered with corrugated mainly grey hollow (Dutch) tiles and executed with overhang, ending in box gutters. White-painted weathervanes.

In the gable facing Hoenderloseweg of the main mass two high gable openings under concrete lintels, fitted with modern plastic lift doors; on the right a later inserted door opening with aluminium lift door; on the left two window openings under roll moulding, with concrete sill and fitted with glazing-bar divided double wooden two-light casement windows below, and four-light tilt windows above. In the adjoining short side gable of the main mass a similar window. Casement windows on ground floor fitted with green and white cornice-motif painted sheet steel shutters. The rear gable of the fire station section contains two high gable openings under concrete lintels with metal roll doors and to their left three small window openings with four-light tilt windows. One of three similar windows on the right has been broken out due to a temporary office extension, which is located on the northeast side of the main building. In the southeast long side of the fire station section six similar window openings, with below them a temporary storage or stacking facility.

In the western long side of the office section three and in the eastern five window openings under roll moulding, with concrete sill and fitted with glazing-bar divided double wooden two-light casement windows below, and four-light tilt windows above. In the western long side also an access opening, in which a flat wooden door with four-light window and fanlight. In the gable end of the office section on the right a similar window. At attic level two windows with four-light frames and later iron emergency staircase. All casement windows on ground floor fitted with green and white cornice-motif painted sheet steel shutters, some of which with lockable peepholes. In the interior the floors of cellar, ground floor and the attic storey are executed in reinforced concrete. Ground floor fire station section is one undivided, approximately five metres high space of approximately 14 x 11 m. Attic storey of fire station supported by two concrete columns. Interior shows - despite partial reorganisation of spaces, such as inserted rooms above the fire station section and lowered ceilings - various details characteristic of the building period, such as in the cellar a hose-coil sink and on the ground floor and the attic storey of the office section tiling and painted sheathing, (plated) doors and a staircase with curved iron stair rail.

Behind building 18 a brick KENNELS built against a slope and approximately one metre high, covered by a shallow backward-sloping concrete slab. At the front two virtually square openings, in which remains of metal frames.

Valuation

FIRE STATION / OFFICE with KENNELS, of general importance as rare and readily recognizable components of an army camp dating from the Second World War and established by the German occupier as part of a large military airfield, by virtue of: architectural-historical, urban planning, military and cultural-historical, situational and complex and ensemble values, which can among other things be demonstrated by the traditionalist building style inspired by local forms, by the components and details characteristic of the building period, by the camouflage carried through in artificially established village-like structure and in detail, by the specific location with extensive sight over the airfield, by the coherence of and with the total airfield concept and the spatial main lines and components, and by the mutual affinity of the forms applied herein.