The foremost St.-Jansgasthuis in Hoorn
(Kerkplein 39) [8], a strikingly deep building with a rich façade in early Renaissance style, was built in 1563 as a new guest house of the guesthouse that was founded in 1346 next to the wooden bell tower of the Grote Kerk (demolished in 1853). The façade shows various window forms (cloister, cross and linked cross windows) and has an aedicula wit...
