Veer huis....Beautiful old house.

Visited the old 'Ferry House', it is on the historical register and is still owned and occupied and maintained as original.

The second story looks across the Lek river and ferry, near Utrecht.
The owner plants over 1000 tulips in the grounds every year and are spectacular.



TIT BITS (sorry, it is a machine translation, from Dutch, by google)

Introduction Former VEERHUIS, a replacement for an older, ferry house dating from 1695. A connection to the village of Rijswijk was maintained from this location on the Lek. The old ferry house was demolished in 1872 and a year later the current ferry house was built to a design by architect EG Wentink from Schalkwijk. Originally the building served as a home / café and ticket sales for the ferry. The building is currently used as a residence. Due to the widening of the dyke, the road now runs a few meters in front of the house. Originally the road ran across the dyke between the porch and the cast-iron gate in front of the ferry house. Description The spring house, partially inserted into the dike body, has two layers at the front and three at the rear on an L-shaped floor plan under a roof covered with braised Dutch tiles. The facades are plastered above a freestone baseboard and provided with lisen at the corners. The facades are articulated horizontally by a roof strip and a horizontal band at the level of the building layers.The façade, symmetrically arranged with a porch, has five axes and has a risalite with spout façade and plug in the middle. The municipal coat of arms of Wijk bij Duurstede has been installed in the top façade with a small window on both sides. The spout has a pointed crown.The risalite contains an entrance door in the first floor and to the right of it the first brick with the text: "The first brick was laid by the mayor of the city of Wijk bij Duurstede DO Heldewier on 19 June 1873." Two six-row sliding windows with persiennes have been placed on either side.The second floor contains five pairs of doors with skylight. Against the front, a wooden veranda of two storeys has been placed over the full width under a slightly hollow, covered, covered roof that is divided into three openings by three complete frames and eight posts. The left-hand side façade is plastered gray up to the level of the dyke and has two sliding windows above each level. A flue has been placed against the center of the facade. To the right, a facing brick has been laid in the façade at the location of the first floor with the text '' t Veerhuis 1695 '. The right-hand side façade has two six-fold sliding windows, of which only the left window axis is equipped with Persiennes. The rear façade is characterized on the left by a protruding façade section with top façade. A wooden roof has been placed against the asymmetrically arranged facade. The layout of the interior is partly original. On the grounds in front of the house is a cast-iron bar fence on a brick wall, partly covered with boulders. Valuation The ferry house is of general interest because of its cultural and historical value as a recognizable example of a ferry house and as a remnant of the history of transport over the river Lek. The property is also of situational value due to its free location on the Lekdijk, overlooking the river.( source: National Cultural Heritage Agency )

Another link, more old pics etc, but, it is in Dutch

https://www.utrechtaltijd.nl/bekijken/detail/utrechts-archief_8a4a3460-c0ff-5209-ae55-d5f619a2db4d

Uunusual to see verandas over here