Until
1848 Loo was part of the parish of Bergeijk, although the village since
1790 did have a hidden church. For the first 13 years the young parish
used that building, but in 1861 a new church was built, designed by C.
Weber. The church of Loo is typical for this architect's early career.
It's a three-aisled neo-Gothic church of the German Stuffenhalle type,
a type of hall-church thst has side-aisles which are
narrower than the central aisle. The side-aisles are closed at the back
by polygonal apses. The choir is of the same width as the central
aisle, only a bit lower. The modest buttresses indicate the absence of
stone vaults. In all, the church is still a far cry from Weber's much
more famous and impressive neo-Romanogothic churches. Weber built
several similar churches in the province of Limburg. |
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