Monuments in Noord-Holland

R. Stenvert en C. Kolman (2006)

Gepubliceerd op 30-03-2018

The Herv church in Zandvoort

betekenis & definitie

(near Poststraat 3) is a hall church with three-sided closure, attached cross wings and a burial chapel. The built-in tower of four sections with diagonal support buttresses and constricted needle spikes dates from the late 15th century, was rebuilt in 1618 and restored in 1871. During a restoration in 1955, the 19th-century plaster was removed.

In the tower there is a clock that was probably cast by Geert van Wou (1493). The current church replaced a late medieval church in 1848-'49. The transverse wings with side entrance were added in 1890. The interior is covered by a cove ceiling with grates and iron tie rods. The organ gallery, which was expanded in 1905, has since been supported by four wooden columns. The organ (1849), built by Knipscheer, was donated by C. Santhagens. The inventory also includes an early 18th-century pulpit and an 18th-century gentleman's bank with coats of arms from the lords of Zandvoort. The church floor contains 17th and 18th century old churches from the old church. There are mourning boards with classicist frames for Captain Mattheus de la Cave (1694) and Lady Johanna Margrietha Corbet (1720).

The burial chapel on the south side of the nave was built in 1728 by order of Paulus Loot, artisan of Zandvoort. This chapel, restored in 1920 (memorial stone), has a rich marble portal with broken pediment, columns and beautifully forged fence. Internally the chapel contains stucco in Louis XVI style and a marble floor. A stained-glass window (workshop Bogtman, design G. Rueter) reminds of the First World War. The presbytery (Poststraat 3, circa 1875) is a white plastered eclectic mansion.