Farm "The Unicorn"
Farmhouse "De Eenhoorn" is the richest example of a stolp farm in De Beemster. The living area is made of brick and the barn area extended backwards is made of wood.
The raised central part with neck gable is a variant of the Amsterdam Vingboons style (Philip Vingboons), crowned with, among other things, the statue of a unicorn and decorated with carved gable ornaments and a cartouche with 1682. The living area is partly cellared and the milk cellar has a tiled fireplace.
Typical of these farms are the large orchards. These had several functions: in addition to fruit production, they provided coppicing and tool wood. In early spring, sheep and their newborn lambs roamed there. Later in summer, calves grazed there. The client then was the mayor of Hoorn.
