Architects: W.A.M. te Riele (1867-1937)
Wolter
A.M. te Riele was born
in Deventer on the 8th of September 1867 as the son of G. te Riele, an
architect who designed ca. 20
Roman Catholic churches, mostly in the provinces of Gelderland and
Overijssel. Wolter first learned his skills from his father and later
attended the St. Lucasschool in
Gent (Belgium), a school for religious art. In 1889 he became an
apprentice at P.J.H.
Cuypers'
office. He completed his study in England with a course about medieval
art. After returning to the Netherlands he started a firm in Deventer,
at first mostly as a restoration architect, where he remained until
1912. That year he moved to Nijmegen, hoping to win assignments in the
's-Hertogenbosch diocese. In 1905 Te Riele had already taken over Alfred Tepe's position as the
major architect of the archdiocese of
Utrecht, but although he had some assignments outside the archdiocese,
the Nijmegen office was relatively unsuccesful. In 1918 Te Riele moved
to the city of Utrecht, where he died in on the 13th of February 1937.
His
style, like that of
his father, at first was closely related to that of Alfred Tepe's work,
resulting in some fairly traditional neo-Gothic churches inspired by
Lower Rhine Gothicism and built mostly of brick. After 1918n his
career
his style became more modern, with influences from other styles mixed
with the neo-Gothic. Like many other catholic churches of
that time his churches often were of a centralizing
type. Until
the early 1930's Te Riele continued to design in this modernized
neo-Gothic style, which makes him the last truly neo-Gothic architect
in the country. Among his students
was H.W.
Valk.
The
following is a list of his
religious work mostly. It is still incomplete.
1894 Deventer (Ov): house Brink 73
House in neo-Renaissance style.
1896 Deventer (Ov): extension hospital St. Josephgesticht
Building in neo-Renaissance style.
1901-1902 Almelo (Ov): church St. Georgius
Te Riele's first church. Big three-aisled cruciform church in neo-Gothic style. Polygonal transept-arms. Probably his only church with flying buttresses.
1901-1902 Elden (G): church St. Lucas
Destroyed in WW2. No further details.
1903 Hertme (Ov): church St. Stephanus
Small three-aisled church in neo-Gothic style. Wide central aisle, narrow side-aisles.
1904-1906 Luttenberg (Ov): church St. Cornelius
Three-aisled church in neo-Gothic style. Like the church in Hertme it has a wide central aisle and narrow side-aisles.
1905-1906 Cothen (U): church H.H. Petrus en Paulus
Basilican church in neo-Gothic style. Te Riele was forced to abandon the direction he took with his previous two churches and gave this church a nave and side-aisles of more traditional width.
1907 Wijk bij Duurstede (U): enlargement church St. Jan Baptist
New choir with lateral chapels and transept in neo-Gothic style for an older church.
1908-1915 Deventer (Ov): restoration Bergkerk
Incl. new windows in neo-Gothic style.
1908 Opeinde (Fr): reformed church
Te Riele's only protestant church. Small cruciform church with centralizing ground-plan. Te Riele was originally hired to restore the old church in this village, but when this building was beyond repair he designed a new one instead.
1908 Werkhoven (U): church O.L. V. Maria hemelvaart
Three-aisled basilica in neo-Gothic style.
1909-1911 Eindhoven-Gestel (NB): church St. Lambertus
Neo-Gothic cruciform basilican church with centralizing ground-plan.
1910 Hilversum (NH): church O.L. Vrouwe Onbevlekte Ontvangenis
Neo-Gothic church with centralizing ground-plan.
New transept for an older church by A. Tepe.
1911-1914 Hall (G): restoration reformed church
Restoration of a mostly late-Gothic church.
1912-1914 Coevorden (Dr): church H. Willibrordus
Three-aisled neo-Gothic church. Tower next to the front.
1912 Denekamp (Ov): extension church St. Nicolaas
Extension of a medieval church, with new traves, side-aisles, transept, crossing and choir in neo-Gothic style.
1911-1912 Lonneker (Ov): church St. Jacobus de Meerdere
Cruciform church in neo-Gothic style, with square crossing-tower.
Large three-aisled cruciform basilica in neo-Gothic style.
1913-1914 Millingen (G): church St. Antonius van Padua
Three-aisled cruciform basilica in neo-Gothic style. Badly damaged by artillery in 1945; the originally tall tower was rebuilt differently and shorter.
1913-1914 Wolvega (Fr): church St. Franciscus van Assisi
Centralizing church in neo-Gothic style. Replaced by a new church, except for the tower, in 1938-1939.
1913-1914 Veldhoven (NB): church St. Caecilia
Three-aisled cruciform basilica in neo-Gothic style. Extended in 1956 by architect C. Geenen.
1913-1914 Bakhuizen (Fr): church St. Odulphus
Church in neo-Gothic style.
1913-1915 Kamerik (U): church St. Hippolytus
Cruciform church in neo-Gothic style. Designed in 1913. Work started in 1914 but was temporarily interrupted due to World War One. Completed in 1915.
1914-1916 Amersfoort (U): church St. Ansfridus
Basilican cruciform church in neo-Gothic style.
1914-1915 Beek (G): transept and choir church St. Martinus
Extension in neo-Gothic style of an older church.
1914-1915 Ossenisse (Z): church St. Willibrordus
Three-aisled cruciform church in neo-Gothic style with centralizing ground plan. Tower at the side, wide main space. Possibly a Gothic choir was incorporated.
1915 Heeze (NB): presbystery
House in neo-Gothic style.
1916-1918 Boven Leeuwen (G): church St. Willibrordus
Three-aisled cruciform basilica with pseudo-transept at the front. The tower was lowered in the 1920's due to constructional faults.
1918 Hooglanderveen (U): church St. Joseph
Neo-Gothic church with westwork.
1920 Eindhoven-Vlokhoven (NB): church O.L. Vrouw van Lourdes
Three-aisled basilica in neo-Gothic style. Originally two traves long. A third trave was added in 1932-1933, followed by a tower with a saddle-roof.
1921-1922 Koewacht (Z): church St. Philippus en Jacobus
Church in neo-Gothic style. Tower next to the choir.
1921 Wijk bij Duurstede (U): boys' school
School in simple neo-Gothic style.
1921-1922 Steggerda (Fr): church St.
Fredericus
Three-aisled cruciform church with octagonal crosing-tower.
1921-1923
´s-Hertogenbosch (NB): church
St.Antonius van Padua
Three-aisled church in neo-Gothic style. Wide-side-aisles with gables.
Front flanked by polygonal turrets. Demolished c. 1982.
1922-1923 Sprundel (NB): church St. Jan
Neo-Gothic three-aisled basilican church, incorporating a medieval tower.
1922-1924 Zeist (U): church St. Joseph
Cruciform basilica in a neo-Gothic style inspired by early German neo-Gothicism. Already designed in 1915.
1922-1931 Helmond (NB): church St. Jozef
Cruciform church in late neo-Gothic style.
1923-1924 Ter Apel (Gr): enlargement church St. Willibrordus
Extension of A. Tepe's church of 1880-1881 with three traves and a new front flanked by stair-turrets.
1923 Nieuw-Heeten (Ov): church St. Joseph
Three-aisled hall-church with dormer windows.
1924 Utrecht (U): church St. Gertrudis
Church in neo-Gothic style, largely similar to the church in Koewacht. Tower next to the choir.
1924
Utrecht-Zuilen (U): church St. Ludgerus
Three aisled cruciform church with rectangular
choir. Square tower with octagonal upper part. Closed in 1972 and
demolished in 1977.
1924 Veendam (Gr): new choir church O.L. Vrouw ten Hemelopneming
Choir in neo-Gothic style for an older church.
1924-1925 Montfoort (U): church St. Johannes de Doper
Pseudo-basilican church in neo-Gothic style with hexagonal crossing-tower.
1924 Breda (NB): church St. Theresia
Te Riele's only truly centralizing church. Neo-Gothic church modelled after Stuyt's St. Catharina in 's-Hertogenbosch. Front with flanking stair-turrets. Central space covered by a pointed dome. Demolished in 1973.
1924-1925 Laren (NH): church St. Jan
Big neo-Gothic church with two towers at the front and polygonal crossing-tower.
1924 Stampersgat (NB): church H.H. Martelaren van Gorcum
Cruciform church in neo-Gothic style, practically identical to the church built in Lonneker in 1912.
1925-1926 Easterwierrum (Fr): church St. Wiro
Small three-aisled pseudo-basilica in simple neo-Gothic style.
1925-1927 Axel (Z): new choir church St. Gregorius de Grote
Choir in neo-Gothic style, replacing the original choir of P. Soffers' church of 1862-1863.
1925-1927 Kamp-Lintfort (Germany): church St. Marien
Intended as a temporary church but never replaced. Low one-aisled church with very wide nave and no externally recognizable choir. The church is covered by a sigle mansarde roof with two rows of rectangular dormer-windows. At the south side an open bell-tower was built, which was later removed. Instead a tower, not by Te Riele, was built at some distance at the front of the church.
1926 Hengelo (Ov): church O.L. Vrouw van Altijddurende Bijstand
Church in neo-Gothic style. Combination of a basilica and a centralizing ground-plan. Choir with tower.
1927-1928 Arnhem (G): church H. Hart van Jezus
Three-aisled cruciform basilica in a style that features elements of both Expressionism and Traditionalism. Tower on top of the choir.
1926 Gemonde (NB): church St. Lambertus
Three-aisled basilican church in neo-Gothic style.
One-aisled church. Frontal tower largely similar to the one in Easterwierrum.
1927-1929 Stampersgat (NB): Franciscan convent
No further details.
1928 Bosschenhoofd (NB): church H. Hart van Jezus
Cruciform church. Rebuilt by J. Hurks in 1946 after having been damaged in the war, leaving only the original nave and choir.
1928 Hengelo (Ov): Roman Catholic school
School in Traditionalistic style.
1929 Nieuw-Borgvliet (NB): church St. Anthonius Abt
Three-aisled church in neo-Gothic style. Very wide nave with wide side-aisles. Instead of a clerestorey the nave had domer windows on two different levels, much like the St. Marien in Kamp-Lintfort. Square tower with octagonal upper segment. Badly damaged in 1944 and replaced later.
1929-1930 Oldenzaal (Ov): church Allerheiligste Drieëenheid
Three-aisled basilica with polygonal dome and towers flanking the choir. Only the lower part of the western tower was built.
1931-1932 Gilze (NB): enlargement church St. Petrus' Banden
Second transept, new choir with lateral chapels and sacristy added to an older church.
1931-1933 Kamp-Lintfort (Germany): church St. Josef
Te Riele's second church in this German town. Three-aisled church with tower at the side of the front. Expressionist details in the interior. The church was designed as part of a large complex and was probably built in 1931-1933.
1934-1935 Borne (Ov): church H. Theresia van het Kind Jezus
Te Riele's last church. Neo-Gothic pseudo-basilica with small bell-turret at the front.
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