Militaire opslagplaats, Overeindseweg 25 A

English translation

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Description

Cluster 52. Artillery Shed (building a).

NEW HOLLANDIC WATERLINE

Introduction

ARTILLERY SHED (building a) as non-bombproof wooden storage of materiel. In various places within and outside fort grounds, over the course of decades, wooden, stone and metal ('tin') sheds were built to serve as (provisional or permanent) storage space, storage, accommodation for people or materiel, hospital, fire station, horse stable, guardhouse, etc. A large part of these sheds has since decayed, been demolished or relocated, but others still exist in situ. Sometimes these are particularly simple structures of small size, but there are also more complex and larger examples, including this shed west of the rampart between the battery and the Overeindseweg. The shed lies to the north of the fort keeper's dwelling.

Description

The ARTILLERY SHED (building a) was constructed around 1880 on a rectangular plan (approx. 33.00 x 8.00 m) and has one storey under a gabled roof covered with muffled pan tiles, with the ridge oriented almost perpendicular to the Overeindseweg. The end gables are built above a brick base of horizontally applied wooden molded-and-grooved pieces. The side gables contain partly the original double windows with glazing bars.

Valuation

The ARTILLERY SHED (building a) is of general importance because of:

* Cultural-historical values as part of the New Hollandic Waterline as designed by C.R.T. Kraijenhoff and initially realized from 1815 by him, Jan Blanken and Major-Engineer Willem Offerhaus, and subsequently strengthened and improved by others for approximately 125 years.

* Architectural-historical values, in particular as an expression of timber construction related to military-strategic building, which is based on: a. the system of inundation and access defense (19th century), b. the race with increasingly strengthened offensive means (19th century).

This concerns a component from the period 1871-1886, namely a wooden storage building from around 1880.

* Ensemble value and situational values as part of the New Hollandic Waterline. Also because of the functional and physical coherence with the other components of the complex.

* The component is representative because it is an example of an authentic wooden storage facility built at a defensive work.