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Landhuis Brievengat, Kaya Wilfred Pieters z.n., Willemstad

LandhuisBrievengat, Kaya Wilfred Pieters z.n., Willemstad , ,
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Photo Michael A. Newton, 2019

Description

Name of property:

Landhuis Brievengat

 

Characteristics:

Large one storey structure laid out on an elevated platform. Rectangular core area with front and rear gallery. Gable roof over core area enclosed by gables with ogee-shaped rims and semicircular top end, adjoining slant roof over galleries. Four dormers on both sides of roof. Open sixteen-arched front gallery. Adjoining cistern. Large full-frontage front terrace with two towers on corners and central stairs to estate grounds. Kitchen at rear side connected with covered corridor. Interior: arched openings between core area and side galleries. Additional structures: corrals, magasina, cisterns and lime kiln.

 

Monument value:

Architectural historical and cultural historical value as a country estate with core, front and rear gallery typical of Curaçao, Brievengat being a comprehensive example with a regular set-up. Architectural historical value because of the lay-out and detailing of façades, dormers, mouldings, windows and frames around doors. Ditto, because of the lime kiln, having become a rare feature on Curaçao. Ensemble value of country estate with additional buildings and lime kiln.

 

Construction period:

18th century / kitchen 19th century

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Address: LandhuisBrievengat, Kaya Wilfred Pieters z.n., Willemstad
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