Mijdrecht (U): St. Johannes de Doper (A. Tepe, 1875-1876)
In
1875-1876 a new catholic church was built in between the villages
Mijdrecht and Wilnis, which together formed a parish. The church was
designed by architect A. Tepe and is one of his early works. It's a
three-aisled church that combines characteristics of a pseudo-basilica
and a hall-church of the German 'Stufenhalle' type. The tower has no
buttresses and is ornamented with niches, as is the polygonal
stair-turret. The three aisles of the nave are each covered by seperate roofs. While the northern side-aisle has a polygonal chapel at its front, the southern side-aisle has a straight front. The nave appears to be crossed by two transepts, but the most western of these is actually a couple of chapels with facades decorated with blind niches. The actual transept is decorated in a similar way. The southern transept-arm has a polygonal stair-turret on its western side and apolygonal chapel on its eastern side while the northern arm has a sacristy and a cilyndrical stair-turret on its eastern side.
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