Altes Pfarrhaus, Protected rectory in Brinkum, Stuhr, Germany.
The Altes Pfarrhaus is a two-storey clinker-brick building with a central gable risalit and a pitched roof, erected in 1883 in the Historicist style of the Gründerzeit. It stands at the corner of Kirchstraße 1 and Bremer Straße 37 in Brinkum, and an earlier dilapidated rectory on the site was demolished to make way for it.
The present building replaced an earlier rectory on the same site that had become dilapidated and was demolished. Built in 1883 in the Gründerzeit style, it housed the pastors until 2016, and from 1982 also the sexton, deacons, vicars and parish sisters. Renovated in 1964/65 and converted in 1982/84 and 2016, when the pastor moved to a new rectory.
The address Kirchstraße 1, at the corner of Bremer Straße, marks the building's role in the Brinkum parish: pastors lived and officiated here until 2016, and from 1982 the house also sheltered Küster, deacons, vicars and parish sisters. The clinker brick and central gable make it a landmark at the street corner.
The building is protected and accessible, having undergone renovations in 1964, 1982, and 2016. Both floors are now available for different purposes and the location can be reached via Kirchstrasse 1.
The ground floor once housed a play group for children, marking a shift from religious to community use. This change shows how the building adapted to serve new needs for the village.
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