N. Dvorszky Hedvig - F. Mentényi Klára szerk.: Műemlékvédelmi Szemle 1991/2. szám Az Országos Műemléki Felügyelőség tájékoztatója (Budapest, 1991)

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es János SEDLMAYER: Architectural plans for the restoration of the ruins at Zsámbék The ruins of the Premonstrant Provostal church in Zsámbék, which began to détériorât in the second half of the 18th century were conserved very skilfuly by István Möller in 1889. Since the only minor reparations have been carried out on the building the present one being the first exception. The architectural intervention is based on archeological research, that covers the church as well as the former monastery, and it aims at preserving the church as a ruin in its traditional appearance with reference to the sorrounding landscape. The most important interference concerns the statics of the unfortunately rather week structure. Certain reconstruction will also take place, based on the results of archeological research. Here the demonstration of the south porch by a schematic brick vault and the rebuilding of the spire staircase next to it should be mentioned. It has been considered to give visually perceptible form to the eight sided chevet raising it to a height of 80 cm (the level of the sedilia) and the ground plan of the one nave church, the latter being demonstrated only on the walking surface. Likewise the walls of the east apsis ot the chapel adjoining to the south tower would be raised and covered by a new roof. The north tower's present low built wooden spie is to be replaced by a likewise low built one in the shape of an octagon bead rustum of pyramid. Original fragments of good quality are to be restored and then replaced - as anastylosos - in the walls. Construction was started in the fall of 1991 and will be completed, with landscaping, presumably in six years. Péter IVICSICS: Data to the building history of the church at Vasasszonyfa The church with its present Baroque ouüook stand in the village Nagyasszonyfa that was once, an independent settlement. It was restored in the spring of 1990. In the course of that restoration from behind the mortar of the base a mediaeval gaeway came to light. It was semicircular and without any moulding. The discovery was followed by further research on the site as well as in archives and it resulted in establishing the following building history: The first church built around 1320 was dedicated to All Saints and had an irregular rectangular shape. Its size was 9 by 11.5 meters, constructed of stone. The nave was covered by a flat ceiling. No tower was adjusted to it. The adjoining sanctuary was presumably vaulted. The facade was decorated by pilaster strips. On the south facade apart from the semicircular porch there must have been three windows. The most important analogies of this romanesque building in the County of Vas are as follows: Táplánszentkereszt, Dozmat, Narda, Nagygeresd, Kemenesszentmárton. The mediaeval sanctuary was demolished in 1779 and at the same time the nave was lengthened by three meters. The sanctuary and the nave were coveredby barrel-vaulting. The mediaeval south entrance and the windows on that side were disarded and a new door opened in the west. The new openins on the south followed the structure of the new vault. Instead of the old belfry a tower was erected in front of the west end around 1840. In 1949 the church was restored in neo-Baroque style-the interior decoration dates from then. The oratórium on the north was built in 1972. Attila DÉRY: Some data on the history of the Kecskeméti-building in Budapest (V, Veres Pálné str. 9.) The town of Kecskemét owned real property in Budapest from the beginning of the 17th century on. The present-day three storey building was built in 1873-1874. As far as has been known so far the plans of the building were made by Ödön Lechner, the 12 sculptures of the building completed by Vilmos Marhenke. Various archival and literary sources proved, however, that the plans had come from the office of Lechner and Gyula Pártos, who were partners, thus the exclusive authorship of one or the other architect cannot be stated. It is possible that Pártos carried out Lechner's sketches, or that Lechner designed the facades and Pártos the interiors. Such distribution of tasks between architect and developer is not unknown in the period. It is an interesting