Fachwerkhaus Waldstraße 1, Half-timbered house in Syke, Germany

Fachwerkhaus Waldstraße 1 is a two-story timber-framed house in Syke, its brick-clad facade rising to a crippled hip roof (Krüppelwalmdach). Built in the early 19th century, it has a cattle shed and grain store on its ground floor and the Senioren- und Pflegestützpunkt Syke care centre upstairs since 2020.

The house was built in the early 1800s and initially served as a farm building, then became part of a postal station around 1826. This change of use reflects how important such central locations were for communication and exchange at that time.

The building shows typical features of the craft architecture found throughout Lower Saxony, where such timber-framed houses still shape the local character today. You can see from the exposed wooden beams and brick infill how people lived and built here in earlier times.

You can find it on Waldstraße in central Syke, where the building stands visible among other historic structures. Since it currently serves mainly care support functions, you should check ahead if visits to the interior are possible.

The building is clad in brick over a timber frame and covered by a Krüppelwalmdach, a half-hipped roof, not a plain gable roof. It was erected as the Wirtschaftsgebäude of the Balksche Posthalterei, with a Viehhaus and a Getreidespeicher. Since 2020 the upper floor has housed the Senioren- und Pflegestützpunkt Syke, run by the association Pro Dem on behalf of the town.