The
church of Lattrop was built in 1925-1926 to replace a previous building
dating from 1818. At least two designs were made for the new church,
one by Wolter te Riele and one by Jos. Cuypers.The latter architect was
commissioned. Although the church is usually attributed to Jos. Cuypers
alone, it seems likely that his son Pierre, who had been his partner in
1920, had an important say in the
design. Like other churches the two designed together, the interior of
this one is in an Expressionistic style that resembles that of French
monk and architect Dom
Paul Bellot, with whom Pierre had worked on a
couple of occassions. Shapes of windows and parabola arches, as well as
the use
of coloured bricks, all seem to be based on Bellot's example.
The exterior is less spectacular, but noteworthy anyway. The
straight shape of the tower, which is part of a westwork, is disguised
by a facade which is curved on
both sides. The nave is broken by a transept already after the first
trave and ends in a small pseudo-transept. The choir is narrower than
the nave and has a seven-sided apse. In the corners between nave and
choir are additional spaces with a flat roof. Both of these originally
had a chimney, one of which has gone.
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