Sluiswachterswoning

English translation

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Description

Sluice-keeper's Dwelling (Wijk bij Duurstede).

NEW HOLLANDIC WATERLINE

Introduction

The SLUICE-KEEPER'S DWELLING (Wijk bij Duurstede) is a military service dwelling, also serving a civil purpose, located between the inlet lock / inundation culvert and the shutter-bar barrier on the east side of the seepage basin. The building dates in its original form from the period in which the other works on the Kromme Rijn were carried out, thus from 1866-1871. Part of the later alterations to the building, notably the extension on the rear side and the raising of the height, took place in 1936, when it was still fulfilling a role within the New Hollandic Waterline. In the applied architecture of such dwellings there was no uniformity; the building material used varied, but usually consists of brick or wood, while the number of storeys also differed. Nor were there clear standards regarding the location of a keeper's dwelling, and local circumstances will have played a large role in this. Remarkable is that the dwelling at Wijk bij Duurstede deviates from the examples dating from approximately the same time in Cothen and near Werkhoven. The dwelling on the north-east side of the inlet at Wijk bij Duurstede lies on a more or less triangular plot between the two large waterworks. The greatest length and the roof ridge of the building, which is reasonably recognizable in its main form, extend from west to east. The building, which can be observed well from multiple positions, has been altered in relatively recent times by raising the facades and lifting the roof, by the construction of extensions and by provisions such as roller shutters and solar panels. The northern or main facade (on the Singel; fair brickwork) and the west facade (on the canal side; cemented and whitewashed) are essentially fairly well preserved, although none of the facade openings are authentically filled in. The other two facades - also in connection with extension and integration as well as a small building - and also the southern roof slope, with the solar panels installed in 2012 or 2013, are much less well preserved. On the rear side (south) extensions under two separate roof structures, respectively connected to the gabled roof slope and resting against a facade section as lean-to roofs. The southern facade contains various windows and connects on the east side to a formerly existing shed, which is covered by a gabled roof covered with red tiles. The interior was not visited.

Description

SLUICE-KEEPER'S DWELLING (Wijk bij Duurstede), low-lying on the east side of the seepage basin / reception basin, slightly south of the Singel. The dwelling is built on a rectangular floor plan (approximately 10 x 8 m) and is covered by a gabled roof covered with modern, dampened (hollow) tiles with the roof ridge oriented east-west. The dwelling is built on a approximately 50 cm high painted plinth, has one-and-a-half storeys. The dwelling, constructed entirely in grey brick, has - except in the northern long facade - whitewashed cement layers on the facades. The northern facade (main facade) has a central, arched entrance opening with a later, but stylistically chosen door under a sealed fanlight. On either side of this, symmetrically placed, a rectangular window opening under a stretched arch. Halfway up the facade some decorative wall anchors; also gutter in cornice. In the western (right) end facade two large windows and to the right of these one smaller and also on the raised upper storey two smaller ones. In the eastern facade on the ground floor on the right a large window and on the left a small one; one window on the first floor. Both end facades also provided with one or more decorative wall anchors.

Valuation

The SLUICE-KEEPER'S DWELLING (Wijk bij Duurstede) on the east side of the works for the water inlet from the Neder-Rijn into the Kromme Rijn 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 realized from 1815 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 building related to military-strategic engineering, which is based on: a. the system of inundation and access defence (19th century).

This concerns a component that originally dates from around 1870, namely a military and civil service dwelling.

* 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 and in particular with the works for the water inlet.

* The component is fairly representative despite alterations because it is an example of a military and civil service dwelling installed at a waterwork.

* The component is reasonably well preserved because the main form and various structural details, as well as different components, have remained recognizable.