Closed farm

Closed brick farmhouse with a more or less square layout, built in the 19th century to replace a smaller farm. Reportedly previously with the year 1842 on a weather vane; after a fire in 1882, the farmhouse interior was partly renewed. Overall, well-preserved layout and volumes with beautiful proportions.

To the south, at the street side, the largest building volume formed by a double transverse barn of eight bays under a pitched roof (corrugated sheets instead of slates, parallel to the street). Two symmetrically placed arched doorways with wooden lintels (left door sealed); half-circular windows sealed to ventilation slots. Attached stables against the yard gable.

To the north, a farmhouse of six bays and one and a half stories with two adjacent bays under a pitched gabled roof (tiles); roof clock on an iron bracket at the ridge.

Matching front and rear facades with barred arched ground floor windows (new woodwork in the yard facade). Round-arched attic windows with fan-shaped glazing; imitation windows in the rear facade. Doors set in flat rectangular hard stone frames, both with radial glazing in the transom.

Two-part vaulted cellar. Central living room retains a composite beam ceiling, wide hearth of sintered brick, built-in four-door cupboard.

To the west, adjacent to Renweg, stable wing provided with access gate with passage.

To the east, stables under a gabled roof (corrugated sheets).

To the north, in the rear yard, baking house of the two-part type with wooden reinforcements.

Author: Rudy Wuyts

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