St. Annakerk (Oud-Heverlee)


St. Annakerk is a church building in Oud-Heverlee in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The church is located on the Dorpsstraat and the Broekstraat. The church has a reverse orientation with the choir in the west and the tower in the east. In the north, east and south, the church is surrounded by a walled cemetery.

The building consists of a built-in tower, a three-legged ship with four traverses and a tall and long choir with apsis. The Roman tower is raised in rough sandstone blocks, has two arc-shaped bile holes in each side and is covered by a tent roof. The ship rests on square pillars of plastered brick. The classicist centerpiece is covered by a saddle roof and the vault behind the organ cabinet dates back to 1758, but despite the crowned main frame, it enriches with cartouches and floral motifs thinking of the Baroque. The brick sidebeams have four windows, which are provided with a sandstone frame from the 18th century. Possibly the walls were later extended to enclose the tower. The choir has arduine windows to the late 18th century.

The church is the parish church of the village and is dedicated to Saint Anna.

In 1823 the choir was rebuilt by pastor J. Van Den Bruel. 50° 50′ 18″ NB, 4° 39′ 45″ OL

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