The reformed church of Ten Boer is a
fairly big building in Romanogothic style. It was built in the 3rd
quarter of the 13th century as the chapel of a Benedictine monastery.
When the monastery closed in 1485 the church remained. It has a
rectangular groundplan and is four traves long, the eastern trave being
the choir. The exterior has survived quite well, even though the
windows were enlarged at a later date; originally the two most central
niches in each trave were open. A major change was the renewal of the
front in 1565, which now is in a different style than the rest of the
building.
The southern and northern walls are horizontally divided in two zones,
the upper of which is decorated with niches, as usual for this style.
The lower zones at both sides shows traces of other buildings. The
northern wall has a stair-turret between the second and third trave. The
facade of the choir contains taller niches and windows, as well as
circular niches. The gable is decorated with climbing niches.
The church used to have a freestanding tower, which was demolished in
ca. 1800. In 1810 the belltower was added to the roof of the church.
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