Saint Anne Chapel

Neglected field chapel at the street corner with the former so-called Kerkstraatje (cf. Popp map from the 19th century), currently a footpath over Lierdekouter to the church of Sint-Maria-Lierde. Chapel already indicated on the topographic map of 1864; current chapel according to land registry archive from 1907, possibly as a replacement for an older wayside chapel. Neo-Gothic brick chapel; rectangular with three-sided closure under a steep slate gable roof. Front gable with pointed arch door in a similarly shaped spandrel. Plastered and painted recessed arch field of the door with currently unreadable inscription. Gable top with pointed arch niche finished with green-painted carved wooden eaves. Side walls and rear with pilasters and serrated eaves. One of the two side windows with iron bar division. Interior retains only its damaged wall covering with faience tiles and tiled floor with geometric pattern. Groin-vaulted blue-painted plastered ceiling.

Rudy Wuyts