Monuments in Noord-Holland

R. Stenvert en C. Kolman (2006)

Gepubliceerd op 30-03-2018

The Reformed Church in Twisk

betekenis & definitie

(Dorpsweg 121) is an elongated one-aisled church with five-sided closed choir and a tower of three sections with balustrade and octagonal masonry pointed. The supposedly late-14th-century Gothic ship is partly erected with yellow cloister mops (north side).

The late Gothic tower with slenderly profiled pointed arches rose in the second half of the 15th century and contains a clock (1521) by Geert van Wou and Johannes Schonenborch. At the beginning of the 16th century the eastern half of the ship was raised and extended with a new choir under one continuous roof with wooden barrel vault. The western part of the ship was converted into a consistory room in the 18th century. A repair and plastering followed in 1850. The tower was restored in 1934-'36 (D. Saal) and during a restoration in 1976-'81 (J. Schipper) the church was de-plastered.

The interior is covered by a 16th-century wooden barrel with drawbars, of which the corpses were removed in 1850 during the restoration around 1980. Furthermore, eight-year-old stained-glass windows with cartouches in burr ornament shapes (1696) were placed in the Rijksmuseum. reinstated. The inventory includes a pulpit (1731) with carved representations of the four evangelists, a doophek with a wooden and a brass desk (1731 and 1763) and an organ built by E. Leichel (1890).

The form. rectory (Dorpsweg 120) is a rich eclectic middle-class house dating from 1878 with a higher ascending middle ressault with a balcony on pillars.