Fort, vesting en -onderdelen, Fort Everdingen Culemborg

English translation

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Description

Cluster 501.

NEW HOLLANDIC WATERLINE

Introduction

WOODEN SHED (to the northeast of tower) (d) (4), as a non-bombproof storage of materiel or functional space. In various places, within and outside fort grounds, wooden, stone and metal ('tin') sheds have been created over the course of decades to serve as (provisional or permanent) storage, storage space, shelter for people or materiel, hospital, fire station, horse stable, guardhouse, etc. A large portion of these sheds has meanwhile decayed, been demolished or relocated, but others still exist in situ. Sometimes these are particularly simple small structures of modest size, but there are also more complex and larger examples. Of the wooden sheds built in the 19th century at Fort Everdingen, three still exist; a large, a medium-sized and this - a relatively small one.

Description

Green-painted WOODEN SHED (d) (4) to the northeast of the tower, which was presumably built around 1880. The structure is situated near the beginning of the northeastern bastion, with the roof ridge running roughly east-west. The shed measures approximately 13 x 10 metres and is covered with a gabled roof with some overhang, laid with smothered tiles. Zinc gutters on brackets. A stone foundation is presumably present. The gables are constructed from rabat units, but both gable ends are vertically boarded and painted white. Both longitudinal gables contain four double windows divided with glazing bars into small panes, opening outward, partly boarded up. The western end gable contains centrally an entrance with double doors; to the left of this a single door and to the right a smaller window with glazing bars. The eastern end gable contains two smaller windows with glazing bars. The interior was not visited.

Valuation

WOODEN SHED (to the northeast of tower) (d) (4) is of general importance by reason of:

* Cultural-historical values as part of the New Hollandic Waterline as designed by C.R.T. Kraijenhoff and initially constructed from 1815 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 structures related to military-strategic building science, which is based on: a. the system of inundation and accessway defence (19th century), b. the arms race with increasingly strengthening offensive means (19th century).

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

* Ensemble value and situational values as part of the New Hollandic Waterline. Also by reason 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 set up on a fortification.

* The component is fairly well preserved because main form and architectural detailing as well as various components have remained intact.