Keuschenhof
The Keuschenhof is a half-timbered building in Kerpen-Sindorf . The former farm is now used as an office building.
Location and surroundings
The Keuschenhof is located in the Sindorf district of Kerpen in the Rhein-Erft district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). It is characteristic of the town on Heppendorfer Straße near the exit towards Ahe. The name “Keuschenhof” is closely related to the old location “Keuscheneng”, after which the nearby new building area “Keuschenend” was named.
architecture
It is a three-wing courtyard from the early 18th century in half-timbered construction.
On the street side there is a wing with the gate and the side wicket door with the original lettering in the lintel. The main building is an eaves-standing, two-storey old residential building divided into four axes, which was faded into a baroque building. This baroque building is divided into three axes as a half-timbered building facing the courtyard side. The building is two-story and has an entrance to the hearth from the courtyard.
The Cologne beam ceilings have been preserved on the ground floor as well as on the upper floor. There is a mighty girder in the hearth, the open fireplace is no longer preserved, but the thick, brick-walled fireplace wall is. A spiral staircase leads to the upper floor.
The cellar is a barrel stored across the length of the house. On the upper floor there are partly wide, ax-hewn floorboards. The roof structure is still original, clay pans are underlaid with straw dolls.
The end of the courtyard was formed by a barn made of half-timbered construction, detached from the residential building, the construction of which was possibly even older than the residential building and was partly plastered over. This building is no longer preserved.
All three building wings belonged together and represent the oldest closed, three-winged courtyard that was able to preserve its original design in Sindorf.
construction
It is a half-timbered building made of oak. The original compartments made of clay pegs are now bricked up and plastered. Half-timbering is also partially visible in the interior. The building is walled in with brick on three sides.
History of origin
An inscription in the wicket door refers to the year 1716 as the year of construction.
History of the building
There are several legends regarding the original use. The name suggests that it was used in a monastery or that a soup kitchen previously existed. An originally rural use can be assumed in view of the construction as a three-wing courtyard.
Over the centuries, the original half-timbered house was expanded with bricks and partially walled, and the remaining half-timbered structure of the main building on the courtyard side was plastered. In the second half of the 20th century, the Keuschenhof served as a residential building. On the outside of the courtyard, the building was spanned with Rabitz and plastered at this time .
In 1995 the Keuschenhof was placed under monument protection. In the late 1990s it was restored and the half-timbering was exposed again. Since then, the Keuschenhof has served as an office building. At that time, the barn was demolished and a residential building was built on this site.
In the years 2012-2013, measures for accessibility and renewed restoration work were carried out.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 37 " N , 6 ° 40 ′ 16.6" E