Bijgebouwen, 1e Polderweg bij 4

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Description

Cluster 28. Iron Shed C (/f).

NIEUWE HOLLANDSE WATERLINIE

Introduction

IRON SHED C (/f), as a rare example of non-bomb-proof storage of (mobile) equipment or as accommodation for personnel. Over the course of decades, wooden, stone and metal ('tin') sheds have been built in various locations within and outside fort grounds to serve as (provisional or permanent) storage space, storage, shelter for people or equipment, hospital, fire station, horse stable, guardhouse, etc. A large part of these sheds has since decayed, demolished or relocated, but others still exist in situ. Sometimes these are particularly simple structures of small scale, but there are also more complex and larger examples. A particularly notable example is Shed C (/f) at the Fort aan de Klop. The iron shed C (/f) at the Fort aan de Klop was transferred there in 1905 from Lunet I in Utrecht. The shed was placed where an earlier, wooden example that had been marked with the letter 'f' had stood, which was located east of the still-existing wooden shed (a). The shed distinguishes itself from other early examples by its segmental arch-shaped roof and vertical gable-end walls; most others are entirely arch-shaped ('Nissen huts'), while there is also a rectangular example known under a gabled roof (Dordrecht). The shed can be regarded as an experiment with a relatively new building form based on a new material in this form and represents rarity value. The shed was completely restored in 2006, during which the building was fully dismantled. It now serves as a storage and heating room.

Description

IRON SHED C (/f), placed at the Fort aan de Klop in 1905, after being transferred there from Lunet I in Utrecht. The shed (approx. 25 x 8 m) is composed of vertically placed galvanised iron corrugated sheets which are mounted by means of vertical and braced iron stanchions. The shed is closed by a roof likewise composed of iron corrugated sheets, which is arranged in a segmental arch shape. On the roof iron air ducts; corrugated sheet entrances in the gable-end walls and the long walls fitted with a number of small wooden windows with 8-pane glazing.

Valuation

The IRON SHED C (/f) at the Fort aan de Klop is of general importance because of:

* Cultural-historical values as part of the Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie as designed by C.R.T. Kraijenhoff and initially realised from 1815 onwards 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 wooden construction related to military-strategic building techniques, which is based on: a. the system of inundation and access defence (19th century), b. the race with increasingly strengthening offensive means (19th and 20th century).

This concerns an iron storage shed, which came to the Fort aan de Klop through relocation in 1905.

* Ensemble value and situational values as part of the Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie. Also because of the functional and physical relationship with the other components of the complex.

* The component is very rare because it is a scarce, possibly unique example of experiments in this form with iron sheds and is representative because it is an example of an authentic iron storage shed installed on a defensive work.

* The component is reasonably well preserved because the main form and building details as well as various elements and characteristics have remained intact and have been consolidated through shell-core restoration.