Monuments in Noord-Holland

R. Stenvert en C. Kolman (2006)

Gepubliceerd op 26-03-2018

The St. Pietershof in Hoorn

betekenis & definitie

(Valley 9) [9] is a carré-shaped building on the site of the monastery that was founded in 1457, of which the monastic cells on the west side were set up in 1577 as an old men's house. In an extension in 1615-'18, this west wing was expanded into a small square (the Square), which soon largely served as a sanctuary for the mentally retarded. A southward extension also followed and an east wing was created.

In 1638, galleries were built on the east and west sides of the large courtyard and along the Square. In the northwest corner of the large square is a small clock tower with clockwork. From 1639 the court also offered room to old women. At the location of the old monastery church on the south side of the large square, a two-tier, tight classicist wing was erected in 1692. This wing with angular reveries and a middle ressault with fronton and arms was built by Gerrit Jansz van Alckemade and stonemason Jan Gijseling. During a renovation in 1746-'47 sliding windows were installed and dormer windows in Louis XV style (frontage). The garden of the courtyard got its current form around 1748. The regent chamber, which was redecorated in 1769, contains gold leather wallpaper (Wijnand Stevens), a Louis XV style mantelpiece and a ceiling painting with an allegorical representation of Abundantia and Mercury (Daniël Reynes). In 1814 the Square was decorated as House of Arrest and the gallery on the outside was converted into owner-occupied houses in 1848. In 1900-'01, plans of J. van Reijendam renewed the east façade and the north wing of the large square was replaced by the southern half of Rozenhof (Spoorstraat), consisting of two rows of houses on an elongated garden. After the dissolution of the House of Arrest (1922), led by H.J. Cramer a restoration of St.-Pietershof. The complex was further drastically restored in 1969-'73 (D. Fledderus) and converted into homes in 1991-'92 (N. Boschma).