Diver
Features
| Address | Steenpad (unnumbered) |
|---|---|
| Zip Code/City | 4761 Willemstad |
| Known by cadastral number | – |
| Current Position | Diver |
| Original function | Diver |
| Year of Manufacture | 1668 |
| MIP code | BK125-003387 |
Explanatory description
History
The culvert under Steenpad was built in 1668 and later extended on the east side in connection with the construction of the tram line and the subsequent widening of Steenpad.
Location
Located on Steenpad near Moria Farm.
Architectural and art-historical features:
Exterior
A 17th-century stone round-arched culvert, constructed of brick and featuring a modern widening and reinforced foundation. The round arch features a keystone. A culvert is a vaulted passageway through which a watercourse flows beneath a road or building. In this case, it lies beneath the “Steenpad” road, serving the watercourse that once flowed through the De Ruigenhil Polder. Today, only the section of the watercourse located west of the Steenpad remains.
Public Interest
The site is of public interest. It has cultural and historical significance as part of the development of water management.
Protection
The protection applies to the culvert on Steenpad in Helwijk. The key aspects of the elements worthy of preservation as historic monuments—which are related to the historic values of the entire property—are included in the explanatory description. For the culvert on Steenpad in Helwijk, this concerns the visible parts—in this case, the southwest side of the culvert and the elements mentioned in the explanatory description.
Future changes or modifications will be evaluated against this description. Future changes or modifications will be evaluated against this description.
| Evaluation Criteria | Subcriteria | Parameter Descriptions | Score | Weighting | Points | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silhouette effect | Silhouette Value | The object’s unique, defining significance to the character of its surroundings, neighborhood, city/town, or region | 1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | Of special significance in relation to its surroundings, though its silhouette is not visible. |
| Subtotal | 0–6 | 2.0 | ||||
| Location | Ensemble Value | special significance of the property due to the high quality of the buildings in relation to the historical and spatial context | 2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | The culvert was part of the polders' drainage system. |
| the significance of the object as an essential (cultural-historical, functional, and/or architectural-historical and visual) component of a complex | 2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | A functional component of the drainage system. | ||
| situational value | Distinctive location | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | Located beneath a road, on a main thoroughfare. | |
| special significance of the property due to its layout, design, or amenities | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | As part of the drainage system, the culvert is related to the subdivision and layout of the land. | ||
| Subtotal | 0–6 | 2.5 | ||||
| Form | representativeness | the property’s special significance to the history of architecture and/or construction technology and/or the body of work of a master builder, architect, engineer, or artist | 2 | 1.0 | 2.0 | A 17th-century culvert. |
| aesthetic value | significance of the property due to the design's high aesthetic qualities | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | A brick round-arch culvert. | |
| Use of Materials and Ornamentation | significance of the object due to its unique use of materials, ornamentation, and/or monumental art | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | Year stone present. | |
| integrity/recognizability | significance of the property due to its material, technical, structural, and/or architectural integrity and/or recognizability | 2 | 1.0 | 2.0 | The figurine is not entirely intact, but it is recognizable and in reasonable condition, though it has been narrowed. | |
| rarity | significance of the building/complex due to its exceptional rarity from an architectural-historical, structural, typological, or functional perspective | 2 | 1.0 | 2.0 | A locally rare example of a 17th-century culvert. | |
| Subtotal | 0–15 | 8.0 | ||||
| Cultural History | cultural and historical value | the significance of the property as a unique expression of cultural, socioeconomic, administrative/policy-related, spiritual, geographic, landscape, historical-spatial, technical, and/or typological development(s) | 2 | 2.0 | 4.0 | As an expression of historical, spatial, and hydraulic engineering developments. |
| innovativeness | significance of the property due to its innovative value or pioneering nature | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | No innovative value. | |
| sentimental value | significance of the property due to its special sentimental value | 0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | No particular sentimental value. | |
| Subtotal | 0–15 | 4.0 | ||||
| Position | authenticity | the significance of the property as a still clearly recognizable expression of its original or an important historical function | 3 | 2.0 | 6.0 | Still in use as a culvert. |
| Subtotal | 0–6 | 4.0 | ||||
| Total | 0–48 | 22.5 | ||||