Bijgebouwen, Delenseweg bij 85

English translation

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Description

Introduction

Building 17, a GAS MASK TRAINING BUILDING, is positioned with its ridge parallel to the road and standing free in a somewhat wooded environment, on the south side of the access road, southwest of building 16. Building 17 was constructed in 1940 or shortly thereafter and at macro level forms part of a large military airfield structure from the period 1940-1945, at meso level of a sparse complex of buildings arranged in a dispersed village-like structure and at micro level of a loosely grouped cluster of buildings. Functionally, this building, in which the use of gas masks could be practiced, should be seen in relation to the nearby fire brigade building. Moreover, it is a testament to German fear of chemical warfare and the precautionary measures taken against it. The interior and its layout has been adapted for reuse as a classroom with open ceiling joists, with toilet and small kitchen; internal walls and roof insulated, lined. White roof windsails and gutters renewed.

Description

One-storey, brick GAS MASK TRAINING BUILDING on a rectangular floor plan, slightly recessed plinth and covered by a gabled roof clad with grey corrugated tiles between pointed gables. The northeastern end gable contains the entrance opening with a flat wooden door on the left and a small four-pane casement window on the right. At loft level an entrance opening with double wooden doors opening outward under a roller shutter. The southwestern end gable contains centrally a small four-pane casement window and here upper left at some height a protruding and rendered brick flue, which can originally be associated with the function of tests for the use and tightness of masks. Long wall on the northwest side with three small windows, evenly distributed. Southeastern long wall with on the right a comparable window and on the left a large window with glazing bars divided into 16 panes (2 vertical x 8 horizontal) under a concrete lintel, which can be associated with the function as an observation window. All other gable openings on the ground floor under a drip moulding. Master gutters and white painted roof windsails. Collar tie roof truss with two roof trusses with collar tie and corbels.

Valuation

GAS MASK TRAINING BUILDING, of general importance as a rare and recognizable component of an army camp dating from the Second World War and set up by the German occupier as part of a large military airfield, on account of: urban planning, military and cultural historical and complex and ensemble values, which can be evidenced among others by the traditionalist building style inspired by local forms, by details characteristic of the function, such as chimney and large window, by the location near and ensemble value with the fire brigade barracks with which a functional connection is obvious, by the camouflage carried out in an artificially established dispersed village-like structure, by the coherence of and with the total military airfield concept and the spatial main lines and components of the camp, and by the mutual congruence of the forms applied hereby. It is also rare, possibly unique, in national and international terms, as an example of a gas mask training building in relation to a German airfield from the wartime period.