Thomaskerk

Charming little church within a row of stately homes.

Neo-Romanesque church with unequal double tower front, built in 1906 to a design by JC Wentinck. As an example of Protestant church architecture in Neo-Romanesque style, with stylistic references to late Romanesque architecture in the Rhineland (superstructure tower), the church is remarkable and quite rare. The church hall, in the shape of a Greek cross, covered by wooden barrel vaults, stands perpendicular to the street; the front facade from the street is the side facade of the church hall. In this facade, above the main entrance, a large rose window. Above the entrance portal a wimberg (ornamental facade), flanked by natural stone pilasters with cube capitals. The two towers, a low one crowned with a tent roof and on the right a high, heavy bell tower, crowned by a spire with four diamond shields. The sound holes are divided by squat columns. Bells have never been installed. At house number 9 is the 'service entrance' to the annex rooms with the sexton's house above it.

This church replaced a temporary emergency church. In that emergency church, the Gebr. Muller from Reifferscheid built an organ that was moved to the new church when it was put into use in 1892. It was not until 1905/1906 that the Gebr. Franssen from Roermond built a new organ in the new church. Over the years, some changes have been made to this organ. After the restoration of the church in 1996, it was decided to restore the organ as well. Adema's church organ building in Hillegom carried out that restoration. And on Sunday 15 May 2011, the restored Franssen organ was festively put into use.