Hervormde Kerk Westerlee

Simple hall building from 1776 under a gable roof with gable ends. St George's Church possesses a pulpit with allegorical figures on the pit: backboard, soundboard and staircase with openwork balusters.

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Longitudinal gables articulated by pilasters; against west gable tower with young spire; over entrance inscription catouche with carved decoration. Carved superstructure of vanished gentleman's bench. Two brass crowns with shields. Organ made in 1873 by P. van Oeckelen. In the spire a clock by C. Fremy and M. Fremy Heidefeld, 1784, diam. 47.3 cm. Mechanical tower clock W.J.Koek, Finsterwolde, 1945, with pendulum disc by Gebr. Van Bergen, Midwolda. Three tombstones and two headstones. Iron baptismal basin-stand. (Source: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed)

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