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Drakestein

Lage-Vuursche, Utrecht, Netherlands

The record

Designation
National monument (rijksmonument)
Class
Kasteel, buitenplaats
Category
onroerend gebouwd
Address
Slotlaan 9 Lage-Vuursche (Baarn 26)
Place
Lage-Vuursche
Municipality
Baarn
Province
Utrecht
Country
Netherlands
Coordinates
52.17983, 5.22717
Monument number
8563

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "The Bishoprick of Ultraiectum. Ultraiectum Dominium" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The register's description

Drakestein, Ridderhofstad, achthoekig centraliserend landhuis van 1640 in omgrachting gelegen. In XVIII gemoderniseerd en in XIX bepleisterd. Ter weerszijden van het voorplein XIX gepleisterde bouwhuizen. Vierkante gemetselde duiventoren in neogotische trant, midden 19e eeuw. Spitsbogige deur en nissen. Bossagewerk in baksteen op de hoeken. Bekroning met kantelen.

English translation

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Drakestein, Ridderhofstad, octagonal centralizing country house of 1640 situated in a moated enclosure. Modernized in the 18th century and plastered in the 19th century. On either side of the forecourt 19th-century plastered outbuildings. Square brick pigeon tower in neo-Gothic manner, mid-19th century. Pointed arch door and niches. Bossage work in brick on the corners. Crenellated crown.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Rijksmonumentenregister data: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, released under CC0 1.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed · CC0 1.0
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