Noordhoek (NB):
St. Josef (Dom. Bellot & H.C. van de Leur, 1921-1923)

In the Netherlands, this village
church was the first assignment outside the abbey
in Oosterhout for French monk and architect Dom Bellot. The church features many details typical for Bellot's
style, especially the shape of the windows. But also the use
of different colours of brick is something that would return
in his later work occasionally. For this church Bellot used different
colours of rooftiles as well. In the interior many parts are
decorated with mosaics.
The front is noteworthy for the round-topped recess and the modest
bell-tower on top. Inside, the shape of the recess is repeated
in that of the arches that support the wooden ceiling.
Instead of a clerestory on each side of the nave their are three
dormer-windows to provide light inside the church.
The choir has a rectangular closure. In this area of the church
are also two neatly detailed chimneys.
Next to the church are a presbytery and a school, both of which
were designed by the same architects. |