Salviuskerk (d' Alde Wite)

The Roman Catholic Church "Maria Geboorte" in Dronrijp was built in 1839, designed by architect A. van der Moer in the Water Board style; the contractor was PJ de Wal from Leeuwarden.

The church, which was demolished in 1877, probably dated from the 12th century. However, by 1877 the church had become so dilapidated that the church council had it demolished and a new church with a tower built on its site.

The single-nave church has a pseudo-transept in the middle and a square tower on the east side, which is placed centrally against the front facade. The building, made of light brown, sanded bricks, is covered by a composite saddle roof of black glazed Dutch tiles; the tower by a saddle roof of black glazed Dutch tiles between gables, which are crowned by pirons. All tower facades are decorated with a large recessed field, which is closed off at the top by a dentil moulding. On the east side a wooden door with above it a brick square moulding in which the facade stone is placed. Above this a vertical window with stained glass and, below the two sound holes, the clockwork, the dials of which consist of ceramic tableaux. In the west facade is the contemporary (1927) mechanical ceramic clockwork with two sound holes above it and in the facades on the north and south sides three vertical windows with stained glass, the clockwork and the two sound holes. All sound holes are equipped with six sound boards. Above the clockwork is the clock. In the (eastern) front facade of the church, two vertical windows with stained glass are placed on either side of the tower.