Fort, vesting en -onderdelen, Overeindseweg 25

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Description

Cluster 52. Fort Keeper's Dwelling (building b).

NEW HOLLANDIC WATERLINE

Introduction

The FORT KEEPER'S DWELLING (building b) is a non-defensible component of the Batteries at the Overeindseweg, located on the throat side of the rampart, along the Overeindseweg. Because most forts and other defensive works (located outside the built-up area) - when there was no question of mobilization or exercises - had no permanent military personnel, in many cases there was a separate dwelling or other accommodation for a manager or keeper. Sometimes such a dwelling or accommodation also had another function, such as that of a lock keeper's dwelling or bridge keeper's house. In the applied architecture, there is consequently no uniformity; the building material used varies, but is usually brick or wood, and the number of storeys also differs. As regards the location of a keeper's dwelling, there are no clear standards either; some fort keeper's dwellings lie within the fort moat, others outside it - sometimes even at some distance from the fort. The fort keeper's dwelling of the Batteries at the Overeindseweg previously lay at approximately equal distance between the northern and southern battery connected by a rampart. Since the demolition of the southern battery, the house is the southernmost constructed component of the complex. The dwelling was extended around 1996 on the east side with one bay; on the right, an extra window was inserted in the added section. The south roof slope is broken by a non-original roof dormer. At the rear, a flat-roofed extension has been realized.

Description

The FORT KEEPER'S DWELLING (building b) was constructed around 1880 on a rectangular plan and has one storey under a gabled roof covered with muffled cross tiles, with the ridge parallel to the Overeindseweg. The sash windows have an arched top. The front gable or south side elevation contains a door with fanlight with on either side (before the realization of the extension on the right) one window. Both side gables executed as pointed gables are identical and contain an arched window and a smaller window at the peak and further wind bracing. The rear gable contains among other things an entrance.

The FORT KEEPER'S DWELLING (building b) 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 construction related to military-strategic building, which is based on the system of inundation and access defense (19th century).

This concerns a component from the last quarter of the 19th century, namely a military service dwelling situated between the originally two separate batteries 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 and because of the characteristic location on the throat side of the originally two batteries connected by a rampart.

* The component is representative because it is an example of a fort keeper's dwelling built at a defensive work.