Interview with Mauritius Church Jirnsum in the Friesch Dagblad

JIRNSUM - The Friesch Dagblad visited Jirnsum for an interview with us and a tour of our church and B&B.

'For a few years, the couple Bonnie and Charles had a holiday home in Grou, and they also cycled through Jirnsum sometimes. And there was a church for sale – a stroke of luck. "We came in and I saw the floor and the space and I thought: 'wow, you can make something beautiful out of this'," says Charles Hoedt, referring to the large, graceful stencil that spreads across the floor of the hall like a flower.''

A renovation followed – “my wife did everything, I have two left hands” – and since 2020, two studios in the church have been for rent. Despite the demolished interior, there are still plenty of indications that the building was once a church. For example, there is an old pew in the hall and a restored old safe. There is also an old school map of the travels of Paul, Hoedt shows us as we walk through his church. “You find old things everywhere.”

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If you look down a bit from here, you can see the garden that surrounds the church. The old church garden with original trees has also been demolished. So now there are young trees and shrubs with pears, figs, cherries, walnuts, herbs and tomatoes. "That's how we want to get the church garden back a bit," says Hoedt.

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Despite all the work that has been done, the couple is still bursting with plans. For example, they want to make the church tower publicly accessible and are looking into the possibilities for this together with a group of students, and there is still an enormous cellar under the building – with another cellar underneath, the original one – waiting to be investigated. In addition, the clock needs to be restored, and Hoedt is working via the village archives to obtain the construction drawings, so that they can visualize how the building can best be made more sustainable.'

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