Monuments in Noord-Holland

R. Stenvert en C. Kolman (2006)

Gepubliceerd op 26-03-2018

The Herv church in Middenbeemster

betekenis & definitie

(Middenweg 148) is a hall church with a built-in tower of three sections with octagonal lantern and needle spire.

According to Hendrick de Keyser's plans - and with the collaboration of Hendrick Jacobsz Staets and Cornelis Danckerts de Rij - the tower was built in 1618-'21, followed in 1621-'23 by the ship and in 1626 by the adjoining the tower. The sandstone west entrance is executed in Mannerist style. The tower crown with four extensions was created in 1661 by Pieter Post and was rebuilt during the restoration in 1950-'59 (C.W. Royaards). The church was further restored in 2004.

The interior is covered by a wooden barrel vault with draw beams. The seventeenth-century inventory includes a pulpit, doophek and benches. There are also an epitaph for Tobias de Coene († 1618), gravestones for Johan van Reygersberg († 1693) and his wife Sara van Os († 1703) and a by L. van Dam & amp; amp; Zn. built organ (1908, restored in 2002).

The church grounds are accessible via a masonry arch bridge and an 18th-century entrance gate between 18th-century, blocked stucco stanchions with stone vase crowns, from the Vredeveld farm on the Volgerweg.

The form. presbytery (Middenweg 178) is a transverse single-layer building from 1666, in the 19th century with a plastered façade with bay window. The building is now a museum for the writer Betje Wolff. The form. kosterij (Middenweg 176, circa 1875) is an eclectic mansion.