Bijgebouwen, Fort Everdingen Everdingen (Vijfheerenlanden 26)

English translation

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Description

Cluster 501.

NEW HOLLANDIC WATERLINE

Introduction

WOODEN SHED (b) (2) (north-west bastion), as non-bomb-proof storage of equipment or functional space. At various locations within and outside fort grounds over the decades, wooden, stone and metal ('tin') sheds have been built to serve as (provisional or permanent) storage space, storage, accommodation for people or equipment, hospital, fire brigade, horse stable, guardhouse, etc. A large part of these sheds has meanwhile 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. Of the wooden sheds that were built on Fort Everdingen in the 19th century, three still exist, including Shed b (2) and Shed a (3).

Description

Green painted WOODEN SHED (b) (2), which was built around 1880 and which is also the largest on the fort. The shed is located at the beginning of the north-western bastion, almost parallel with the earthworks there. The shed measures approximately 30 x 7.50 metres and is covered by a gabled roof with generous overhang, laid with red-fired hollow tiles. There are a few small roof lights and the building has white painted wooden wind braces. Zinc gutters on supports. The facades are constructed from board sections; a foundation could not be observed due to the high groundwater level. Both long facades are provided with four eccentrically placed windows, in which frames with glazing bars. The gable facades contain the entrances, which are provided with double (riveted?) batten doors with sturdy iron hinges; arrangement once altered. At loft level (entirely white painted) only executed doors. The interior was not visited.

Valuation

WOODEN SHED (b) (2) (north-west bastion) 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 from 1815 realised by him, Jan Blanken and major-engineer Willem Offerhaus and subsequently by others for approximately 125 years strengthened and improved.

* Architectural-historical values, in particular as an expression of wooden building construction related to military-strategic building practice, which is based on: a. the system of inundation and access defence (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 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 building furnished on a defensive work.

* The component is reasonably well preserved because the main form and building technical detailing as well as various components have remained intact.