This church makes an interesting
comparisson with the one in nearby Zuidbroek. Both are of the same type;
one-aisled cruciform churches with a seperately standing tower. While the
late 13th-century church in Zuidbroek represents the Romanogothic
style at its height, this one is from the
first half of the 14th century represents a later stage in which
truly Gothic features became even more prominent. Like in Zuidbroek the
north- and south walls of transept and nave are divided
in two zones, a typical Romanogothic feature. In the lower zone, which
is lower than the one in Zuidbroek, there are the usual blind niches,
while the upper zone has tall and rather wide Gothic
windows as well as narrow blind niches. The walls of the transept have
gables on top, which are richly decorated with niches. The choir is purely Gothic
and has a polygonal closure. The western facade was renewed in
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