Militair verblijfsgebouw, de Zilveren Schaats e.o. Utrecht

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Description

Cluster 301. Shelter hut.

NEW HOLLAND WATERLINE

Introduction

SHELTER HUT (Drummer's hut) OF FORT VOSSEGAT as a rare building type whose original function was to provide accommodation for (officers of) the engineers, but which was later used as a so-called Drummer's hut. The small tower with sound holes presumably dates from this period. Wooden buildings - also of the 19th century - as such are not particularly rare within the New Holland Waterline. They occur as accommodations for troops and materiel, but their architecture rarely transcends that of the rectangular floor plan with tile-covered gabled roof. The shelter hut on the former Fort Vossegat differs from this by the reed-thatched, intersecting gabled roofs and the small tower. In 1935 the reed thatch was replaced by wood. The shelter hut was relocated around 2010 to its current location on the north side of the site, whereby restoration also took place and reed thatch was reinstated. During restoration and functional renewal, modern comfort was introduced: it is now a kind of living room for the adjoining lodging building, equipped with a pantry and sanitary facilities placed in a box construction.

Description

SHELTER HUT (Drummer's hut) OF FORT VOSSEGAT, composed of rendered wooden sections and originally covered with reed thatch. The building was constructed in 1875 according to a design by A.A. Burgdorffer. The shelter hut is built on a rectangular floor plan with one storey above which two mutually perpendicular gabled roofs that together introduce four stepped gables; at the intersection of the roofs an octagonal small tower with reed-thatched tent roof. In the small tower eight pointed-arch windows and sound holes. Beneath each of the stepped gables wooden windows and doors in 'milkmaid bond'.

Valuation

The SHELTER HUT (Drummer's hut) OF FORT VOSSEGAT is of general importance because of:

* Cultural-historical values as part of the New Holland Waterline as it was designed by C.R.T. Kraijenhoff and initially from 1815 was realised by him, Jan Blanken and major-engineer Willem Offerhaus and subsequently by others for approximately 125 years was strengthened and improved.

* Architectural-historical values, in particular as an additional, non-defensible expression of military-strategic architecture, 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 of around 1875 - which is an example of a wooden accommodation for troops in a specific function that justified particular design.

* Ensemble value and situational values as part of the New Holland Waterline. Also because of the functional and physical coherence with the other components of the complex and in particular with the Guard house of Fort Vossegat and the Bridge with the 12 arches.

* The component is representative (characteristic) because it in appearance exhibits the features that emphasised the then-current objectives.

* The component is well preserved because the building after restoration is in considerable measure in the condition in which it stood after construction and because it still possesses various authentic components and details, which were spared during the change of use.