Rumah Cililitan Besar ("Cililitan Besar House"), also known as simply Cililitan Besar or Lebak Sirih, is a former Dutch colonial country house located in
Kramat Jati,
Jakarta
Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...
. It was known in Dutch as Landhuis Tjililitan Besar. It is located next to the complex of Soekanto Indonesian National Police Hospital. The architecture style of the building is a prototype for a late 19th century Dutch country house style known as the
transitional Dutch Indies style.
History and conservation status
The building was formerly the estate of Hendrik Laurens van der Crap, built circa 1775 as a resting place outside Batavia because Batavia was in unhealthy condition following malaria outbreak. During the World War II, the house was occupied by captain Kentaro Tanaka, commander of
Kampong Makassar
Kampong Makassar was one several internment camps in the island of Java near Batavia (present-day Jakarta) in which the Japanese interned enemy civilians, mostly Dutch, after the Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Net ...
internment camp.
Julie, een Indisch meisje After World War II, the building was used as police dormitory, and later left to deteriorate. Since the 1980s, the house has been slowly reoccupied by squatters until its deteriorating condition today. Despite its status as a protected heritage of Jakarta, the structure has been left to deteriorate.
''Cililitan Rumah Besar''. Ensiklopedi Jakarta
Transitional Dutch Indies style
Rumah Besar Cililitan was a prototype for a style known as transitional Dutch Indies style, which is a transitional style between earlier Dutch style country house (e.g. National Archives of Indonesia) and Indies style country house (e.g. Tjitrap House). The structure and form of this type of country house reveals a process of gradual adaptation to the tropical climate of Indonesia. It is a two-storeyed structure, typical of its original Dutch-style house, but with extremely large overhanging roof which projects on all sides, similar with the Javanese joglo-style roof, usually served for Javanese noblemen. The upper floor is reached by external staircase. Tall windows with louvered shutters ensured good ventilation.[
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See also
*Dutch Indies country houses
A landhuis (Dutch for "mansion, manor", plural ''landhuizen''; Indonesian: ''rumah kongsi''; Papiamento: ''kas di shon'' or ''kas grandi'') is a Dutch colonial country house, often the administrative heart of a '' particuliere land'' or private do ...
* List of colonial buildings and structures in Jakarta
References
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Colonial architecture in Jakarta
1775 establishments in Asia
Buildings and structures in Jakarta
Cultural Properties of Indonesia in Jakarta
Landhuizen
Houses completed in 1775