Going Dutch Part II
Or typical Gronings to be exact. The small villages in my native province still sport lots of this style houses. They all vary in size and detail depending one the wealth of the owner. It’s fair to say they were mostly inhabited by middle class craftsman and little shop owners. If you want to see real live examples I can recommend visiting the wierde (terp) -villages of Ezinge, Niehove and Garnwerd.
After building the Crofter’s farm I became inspired and decided to build a second house for the upcoming lay-out. Initially the farm was meant as house for the bridge operator. I’ve decided to let the miller live in the farm instead and upgrade the bridge operator to a bigger house. This one is late 18th century and features sash-windows with soldier courses and a gable roof with clipped ends (wolfseind in Dutch). Furthermore the windows have shutters and there are cramp-irons keeping the first floor beams in place. On top there are two big chimneys. I’m very happy with the brick-build windows!
The bridge operator married an entrepreneurial wife who is operating a living room café (huiskamercafe) in the house. Supplying ale and gin (jenever) to thirsty travelers and farmer hands at the end of a long, hard day working the field.
In the front you see Kees, the bridge operator, behind him is Kornelis the farmhand who looks a bit sad, being caught on picture by his wife drinking his hard earnt wages. In the back we see Piet parking his bicycle.
As always, let me know what you think!
Going Dutch Part II
Or typical Gronings to be exact. The small villages in my native province still sport lots of this style houses. They all vary in size and detail depending one the wealth of the owner. It’s fair to say they were mostly inhabited by middle class craftsman and little shop owners. If you want to see real live examples I can recommend visiting the wierde (terp) -villages of Ezinge, Niehove and Garnwerd.
After building the Crofter’s farm I became inspired and decided to build a second house for the upcoming lay-out. Initially the farm was meant as house for the bridge operator. I’ve decided to let the miller live in the farm instead and upgrade the bridge operator to a bigger house. This one is late 18th century and features sash-windows with soldier courses and a gable roof with clipped ends (wolfseind in Dutch). Furthermore the windows have shutters and there are cramp-irons keeping the first floor beams in place. On top there are two big chimneys. I’m very happy with the brick-build windows!
The bridge operator married an entrepreneurial wife who is operating a living room café (huiskamercafe) in the house. Supplying ale and gin (jenever) to thirsty travelers and farmer hands at the end of a long, hard day working the field.
In the front you see Kees, the bridge operator, behind him is Kornelis the farmhand who looks a bit sad, being caught on picture by his wife drinking his hard earnt wages. In the back we see Piet parking his bicycle.
As always, let me know what you think!